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Home My WebLink About1959 ADVISORY BOARDAdvisory Board Report 1959 North Andover, Massachusetts Town of North Andover, Massachusetts ADVISORY BOARD REPORT 1959 ATTEND TOWN MEETING MARCH 14~ 1959. · Your vote is only good at TOWN MEETING, PLEASE BRING THIS REPORT TO TOWN MEETING FOR USE IN FOLLOWING THE PROCEEDINGS. CONTENTS Introductory Remarks .......................... Page 1 Expense Budget Considerations ............. Pages 1--2 New Fire Station ................................. Page 3 Resurfacing Streets ........................... Page 3 Town Garage .............................. Page 3 Transfers from Reserve Fund During t958 ........ Page 4 Conclusion ..................................... Page 5 Your Tally Sheet ......................... Pages 6 -- 7 -- 8 Town Warrant ............................... Page 9 Recommended Appropriations for Regular Town Departments ..... Pages t2 to 22 PLEASE PRESERVE THIS REPORT FOR USE AT THE TOWN MEETING. Report of the North Andover Advisory Board TO THE CITIZENS OF NORTH ANDOVER: The Annual Town Meeting will be held in the North Andover High School Auditorium on Saturday, March 14, 1959, at 1:30 P.M. Your Advisory Board respectfully sub- mits this report with its recommendations for action to be taken on the budgets and articles of the Warrant. We have carefully considered each budget and have studied each article. Our recommendations are based on what we feel to be in the best interest of the Town. We hope that everybody will familiarize themselves with the issues at hand and will come to the Town Meeting to take an active part in making these decisions. : The actions taken at this meeting affect us all directly this year, and more so in the future. Each $20,000.00 to be raised and appropriated will account for $1.00 on the tax rate. EXPENSE BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS This year's budgets of expense, as recommended, total more than $1,620,000.00, an increase of $120,000.00 over last year. Since each $20,000.00 spent by the town amounts to $1.00 on the tax rate, this increase represents $6.00 on the tax rate. The net increases are broken down as follows: (a) Increased expenses ................ $ 20,000.00 (b) Increased wages, regular departments 30,000.00 (c) Increased wages, school department _ 70,000.00 Total increases $120,000.00 The following comments on these increases are pertinent. (a) Regular departmental expenses decreased $15,000.00 while school expenses increased $35,000.00, ($30,000.00 of which is for extraordinary and essential re- pairs to the Thompson School), leaving a net increase in town expenses of $20,000.00. (b) The increased wages, regular departments, are accounted for by the four firemen voted at last year's annual meeting, two additional men for refuse disposal and an additional man in the Public Works Department recommended by your Advisory Board for this year, plus understandable increases for elected officials and step rate adjustments granted by the Personnel Board. (c) The increased wages for the school department, amounting to $70,000.00, deserve to be outlined carefully so that the citizens of the Town ~vill have a clear knowledge of what they are voting for in this regard. A little more than $3,000.00 of this amount is for a 5% wage increase to all non-teaching personnel which will be applied if Article 18, for a 5% wage increase to other departmental employees, is passed by Town vote. The greater part of the remaining $67,000.00 increase is due to the program for increasing maximum teachers' salaries. This program consists of successive yearly salary increases which, beginning in 1956 and continuing to 1961, is intended to increase their maximum salaries a total of $2,500.00 per year for some of the teachers and $2,200.00 per year for the rest of them. Of these yearly salary in- creases, $500.00 per year was granted last year, and $600.00 per year is to go into effect this year. Since our teaching staff now numbers more than 70 people, 80% of whom are already eligible for this increase, this plus the needed yearly additions to our teaching staff account fairly well for the magnitude of this increase in this year's salary budget. If we may permit ourselves to editorialize, we find that while there has been an increase of only 11% in school pupils since 1956, total school salaries have increased 56% during the same period. This does not take into con- sideration the further addition to our school services which would be occasioned by a kindergarten and the installa- tion of school crossing guards. Until now, we have been very fortunate that new tax- able industrial valuation gave us enough extra revenue each year that we could absorb these increases without increasing the tax rate. Those days are gone now. Any increase voted this year that will be carried by budgets next year will all have to come directly from tax rate in- creases. The increase in our School services is an indication of North Andover's growth, but along with schools are many other services which must be expanded or improved, examples of which are the need for new public buildings, the constant requirement to extend the water mains fur- ther and further into the outskirts of the Town, the con- tinued and very desirable public pressure to extend the sewer mains, and the main~tenance and rebuilding of roads. Alt these needs must be kept in balance if we are to have a sound fiscal policy. For these, and other reasons, your Advisory Board strongly feels that the School Department should hold salaries at their present levels, deferring fur- ther increases until other pressing needs of the Town are met. NEW FIRE STATION With respect to the additional fire station, your Ad- visory Board recognizes that this will not only be desir- able, .but essential for the future protection of the Town. However, it is also essential to point out that this should not be accomplished until the water mains are extended and improved, and until adequate pressure and volume can be maintained at the outlying points of the Town. For this reason, we strongly urge a delay in the construction of the Fire Station until the work on the water mains is more nearly complete. RESURFACING STREETS Previous to 1958 there seemed to have been no real program for properly rebuilding and maintaining the roads. Last year your Board of Selectmen initiated such a pro- gram which is being continued this year by Article 34 of this Warrant. While the amount of this appropriation is insignificant when compared to the needs of the Town in this respect, it is another step in the right direction in bringing the roads back to the condition the townspeople would like to have them in. TOWN GARAGE The need has been grooving in recent years for adequate garage facilities for town equipment. We have reached the point where equipment is stored in many places and left out in all kinds of weather. This year the Warrant presents three possible solu- tions to this problem. There are two different plans to ex- pand the plant behind the Town Building, both of which, 3 this Board feels, would take care of the Town's needs only for a short time. We recommend that the third plan be put into effect at this Town Meeting. This plans calls for a new building to be erected on a site off Chickering Road above the High School. The land to be used is mostly owned by the Town. The new site is well away from the congested "down town" area and is more centrally located to the Town as a whole. As a start the new building would house the Highway and Tree and Moth Departments to- gether with their offices. The Public Works Department would be left in its present location with ample space for all of its equipment. The ne~v site is large enough in area to provide for any future expansion. TRANSFERS FROM RESERVE FUND DURING 1958 Approved by your Advisory Board under Chapter 40, Section 6, of the General Laws: Annual Town Meetin§ Expenses .......... $ 134.02 Fire Expenses .......................... 1,000.00 Highway General Maintenance Expenses _ 2,000.00 $ohnson High School ................... 1,250.00 Memorial Day .................... 125.00 Contingent Fund ....................... 1,000.00 Playground Salaries ..................... 200.00 Selectmen Clerical Expenses ............. 120.00 Town Clerk Salary ................ 128.00 Sewer Mainten. and Construction Expenses 2,943.76 Selectmen's Expenses ............... 175.00 Sewer Bond Premium Account .......... 373.91 Article 68, 1958 -- Police Officers, Stickers, Legion Beach ............ 31.28 Contingent Fund ...................... 700.00 Dutch Ehn Disease ...................... 500.00 Highway Refuse Disposal Salaries ........ 80.00 Police Patrolmen Salaries ............... 50.06 Street Lighting ......................... 850.00 Police Expenses ......................... 300.00 Tax Collector Expenses .................. 247.00 Board of Health Expenses ............... 800.00 Total .......... $13,007.97 Balance of Account Returned to Treasury _ 1,992.03 Amount of Original Appropriation plus Article 4, Transfer from Available Fund "Free Cash". $15,000.00 CONCLUSION Your Advisory Board wishes to extend its sincere thanks to the Members of other Town Boards, Town Offi- cials, Department Heads and all others who have conferred with us and have been most helpful and co-operative in giving information to aid us in our work. Respectfully submitted: NORTH ANDOVER ADVISORY BOARD Charles A. Stillwe]l, Chairman Antoine Dubois, Clerk George Dupont 1~ Ashton Smith James Poor Carl Hanson Kenneth Brett Daniel Valpey Raymond Broadhead YOUR TALLY SHEET FOR ARTICLES REQUESTING FUNDS REMEMBER: Each time the Town votes to raise and appropriate approximately $20,000.00 means an increase of $1.00 in your tax rate (per $1,000.00 of assessed valuation). · ~, ~ ~o,- ~ Z DESCRIPTION OF ARTICLE <~ <~ E ZS. Tow~ Oou~sel .............. $ L~0.00 Z6. ~own Co~se] .............. Z,0~.~ ZC. 5% Wa~e Z~crease ........... ZG,5~.~ ~9. 3oi~i~ ~]~n~i~ g~s~Hc~ .... ~,~0.~ 20. ~w~e~ce ~]~e Gl~ss ~i]l __- 269.~ 22. ~nsu]afion ~es~ ........... 265.00 ~. ~o ~olice C~ise~s ........ 2,550.~ 2~. ~wo T~ucks, B. P. Works .... 5,2~.00 25. ~o~d ~ac~o~, ~. ~. Works ___ 3,000.~ 26. ~e]eme~e~i~ ~G~ipmenL .... 2,0~.~ 27. ~ea]L~ gepa~tme~ C~ ..... 2,~00.~ 2~; ~ ~ie~ O~r .............. 2,~0.~ ~. ~e ~ose .................. 2,0~.~ 30. ~-W~ee] Pic~-up, ~i~wa~ ___ 3,2~.53 31. Dump Scoopdozer, Highway _ 16,000.00 32. Chapter 90, Dale Street ..... 6,500.00 33. Chapter 90, Maintenance .... 2,000.00 34. Resurfacing Streets ......... 25,000.00 --6-- Yes ..... Yes ..... NO ..... Yes ..... Yes ..... No ..... Yes ..... [NO ..... Yes ..... Yes ..... Yes ..... Yes ..... Yes ..... Yes ..... Yes ..... Yes ..... 36. 37. 38. 39.--A. Server, 39.--B. Sewer, 39.--C. Sewer, 39.--D. Sewer, 39.--E. Sewer, 39.--F. Sewer, 39.--G. Sewer, 39.-H. Sewer, 39.--I. Sewer, 39.--J. Sewer, 41.--A. Water, 41.--B. Water, 41.--C. Water, 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 35. Work on Streets ........... '_ 2,500.00 Widening Great Pond Road __ 50,000.00 Cement Sidewalk Project .... 1,000.00 Sidewalk Project ........... 1,000.00 Johnson Street ___ 5,200.00 Milk Street ...... 26,400.00 Johnson Street ___ 18,000.00 Sutton Street ..... 19,000.00 Chickering Road __ 23,000.00 Woodstock Street _ 2,500.00 Elmwood Street __ 2,600.00 Prospect Street ___ 2,500.00 Poplar Street .... 1,600.00 Chadwick Street -- 1,600.00 Prospect Street ___ 500.00 Poplar Street ..... 1,300.00 Moody Street ..... 1,350.00 Eh'ain, Pleasant Street ...... 2,000.00 Drain, Brightwood Avenue __ 1,500.00 Drain, Green Street ......... 16,000.00 Town Infirmary ............ 1,200.00 High School Entrance ....... 950.00 Disposal Site ............... 1,500.00 Skating Rink ............... 2,500.00 Band Concerts ............. 500.00 Kindergarten .............. 20,125.00 51. 3 New Patrolmen ........... 8,497.50 52. Female Crossing Guards .... 6,000.00 7 Yes Yes ..... Yes Yes ..... No No ..... Yes ..... Yes Yes ..... Yes Yes ..... Yes Yes Yes ..... No ..... No ..... No ..... Yes ..... Yes Yes ..... No ..... No ..... No ..... Yes ..... Yes ..... 53. Fire Station Study .......... 5,000.00 No ..... 54. School Sites Sul~vey ..... ~--- 600.00 Yes ..... 55.--A. Garage Site, Miller ...... 66,000.00 No ..... 55.--B. Garage S/te, Chickering __ 68,200.00 .Yes ..... 56. Garage Expansion, Miller .... 12,000.00 No 57. Land Takings, School ....... 3,927.03 No ..... 66. Overlay to Resmx, e Fund .... 15,000.00 Yes ..... 67. Stabilization, B.P.W ......... 11,228.67 Yes ..... 68. Stabilization ....................... Yes ..... 69. Available to Reduce Tax __: ......... Yes ..... TOWN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachusetts ESSEX ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of North Andover: GREETING: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the .inhabitants of North Andover qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in the Bradstreet School Auditorium, in Precinct One, the St. Michael's School Auditorium in Pre- cinct Two, the Thomson School Auditorium in Precinct Three, and the Kittredge School Auditorium in Precinct Four in said North Andover on Monday, the second day of March 1959, at seven (7) o'clock A.M., and there to act on the following article: ARTICLE 1. To elect a Moderatorl Town Treasurer) Collector of Taxes, Highway Surveyor, Tree Warden, Three Selectmen, Three Members of the Board of Public Welfare and five Constables for one year. One Assessor, one Member of the Board of Public Works, one Member of the Board of Health, one Member of the School Committee for three years, one Member of the Planning Board and one Member of the Housing Authority for five years, and to vote upon the question. QUESTION: "Shall the Town of North Andover accept the provisions of Section 47B of Chapter 31 of the. General Laws, as it applies to sealers of weights and measures, a fair and concise summary of:' which appears below?" YES NO "Acceptance of the provisions of Section 47B of Chapter 31 of the General Laws would place · under Civil Service the sealer of weights and measures of the Town of North Andover." All to be voted upon one ballot, the polls shall be open at 7:00 A.M., and shall be closed at 7:00 P.M. After final action on the preceding Article 1, the said meeting shall stand adjourned by virtue of Section 4, Article One of the Town By-Laws, to Saturday, March 14, 1959, at one-thirty o'clock P.M., in the Veterans Auditorium of the North Andover High School, then and there to act on the following articles: ARTICLE 2. To elect all other officers not required by law to be elected by ballot. Recommended that this be referred to the Selectmen for action, ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of receipts and expenditures as presented by the Selectmen. Recommended that the report be accepted. ARTICLE 4. To see what action the Town will take as to its unexpended appropriations. Recommended that all unexpended appropriations be returned to the Treasury, with the exception of the fol- lowing amounts as of Jan. 1, 1959, which were originally appropriated under the Articles indicated: I. Art. 5, 10-7-57--Brooks Skating ......... $ 403.00 2. Art. 62. 1958--Brooks Skating ......... 1,700.00 3. Art. 4. 6-30-56 -- Planning Board Extra Exp. 800.00 4. Art. 68, 1957- Planning Board Town Plan. 4,000.00 5. Art. 69, 1957--Planning Board Zoning Maps 1,474.54 6. Art. 6, 6-9-58- Police Wages and Election Expenses ........................... 207.71 7. Art. 53. 1956--East Side Sewer .......... 933.72 8. Art. 56. 1958 -- West Side Trunk Sewer _ 76.339.59 9. Art. 34, 1956- Chap. 90 G. L. Construction 2.720.00 10. Art. 46, 1957--Chap. 90 G, L. Dale Street _ 16,327.20 11. Art. 44, 1958 -- Chap. 90 G. L. Dale Street _ 30,000.00 12. Art. 19. 1958--Town Infirmary Repairs __ 639.72 13. U.S. Old Age Assistance ........... 13,519.20 14. U.S. Old Age Administration ............ 4,206.25 15. U.S. Aid to Dependent Children, Aid ..... 5,565.58 16. U.S. Aid to Dependent Children, Administ. 1,995.77 17. U.S. Disability Assistance ............... 4,250.41 18. U.S. Disability Administration ........ 1,290.80 19. Veterans' Benefits, Reserve for 1958 Mass. Hospital Bills ........................... 539.70 20. Federal School Funds, P. L. 874, Chap. 413, Acts of 1956 ................. 4,364.36 -- 10-- 2L 26. 27. 29. 30. 31. 32. ~$. 36. ~8. 39. 40, Art. 72. 1950--Kittredge School ......... 77.83 Art. 19, 1952--New High School ........ 524.15 Art. 29, 1956--Lights Outside New High School 627.74 Art. 6, 1-1--~---l~-~.~t~l--~--_- 12,000~0 Art. 1, Item A-L 2-4-57, Melamed Land Tak, 625.00 Art. 10 Item A-2, 2.4.57. Melamed Land Tak. 500.00 Art. 1, Item B-1, 2-4-57--Chamberlain Land Taking ................................. 100.00 Art. 1, Item B-2, 2-4-57, Colizzi Land Taking 150.00 Art. 8, 2-4-57- New Franklin School ..... 71,587.30 School Lunch .......................... 203.18 North Andover High Athletic Association _ 9.98 Civil Defense .......................... 343.03 Art. 13, 1954- Publishing Town History __ 3,028.29 Art. 64, 1953, Clean and Cement Line Water Mains .................................. 3.422.34 Interest on Western Electric Escrow Acct. 1,614.59 Art. 54, 1958- Installing 12" Water Mains 27.501.67 Art. 55. 1958- Water Main Extensions ___ 2,500.00 Art. 8. 1958- Purchase of Land and Bldgs. Great Pond ............................ 9,600.00 Water Mains Premium .................. 189.35 Art. 56, 1958, West Side Trunk Sewer ..... 14,328.87 Total .......... $320,210.87 ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elected officers of the Town as provided for by Section 108 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, as amended, effective from January 1, 1959. Board of Selectmen -- each per annum __ $ 700.00 Board of Public Welfare--each per annum 150.00 Board of Assessors--each per annum __ 1,250.00 Town Treasurer--per annum .......... 5,775.00 Tax Collector--per annum ............ 1,900.00 Highway Surveyor--per annum ....... 5,765.00 Tree Warden- per annum ........... 400.00 Moderator-- per annum ............... 50.00 Board of Health- each per annum ..... 300.00 Board of Public Works -- each per annum 250.00 Favorable action recommended. These are the salaries that have been provided for in the Budget Items. ARTICLE 6. To see what action the Town will take as to the recommendations of The Advisory Board. Recommended that each item of the proposed Budget be considered separately. (See following I 1 pages.) 11 o ~ o. o o o o 12 0 ~ ~ 0 ~ 0 0 16 ~'' -- uu~, 0 ~.o. o. t'-:. ~. oo o ~ 20 9.2 ARTICI,F. 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money, from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1960 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, of the General Laws. Favorable action recommended. ARTICLE 8. To consider the report of all special com- mittees. Recommended that the reports of all special commit- tees be heard. ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Health to appoint one of their members to the position of Board of Health Physician and to fix his com- pensation in accordance with Section 4A, Chapter 41 of the General Laws. Petition of Board of Health. Favorable action recommended on the basis of com- pensation in the amount of $950.00 for the year of 1959. This amount has been included in the Board of Health Budget recommended by your Advisory Board, ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to author- ize the School Committee to appoint one of its members to the position of School Physician and to fix his compensa- tion in accordance with Section 4A, Chapter 41, General Laws. Petition of School Committee. Favorable action recommended on the basis of com- pensation in the amount of $1,500.00 for the year o! 1959. This amount has been included in the School Department Bud!let. ARTICLE 11. To see if the To~vn will vote to accept Se6~i~T~-~apter 54 of the General Laws, as amend- ed. An Act providing for Absent Voting at Regular Town Elections. Petition of Board of Selectmen. Favorable action recommended. 23 ~To see if the Town will vote to adopt ~, ~ the following a~endment to the Town By-Laws. "That (~ ~' /4~pon motion duly made and seconded, at any annual or ~pY//special Town Meeting, and upon the affirmative vote of at /'/ least 25% of the voters present at said annual or special /Town Meeting, any article in the warra~ for the said annual or special Town Meeting, shall be voted upon by _~u~h=~'ii~{h (Secret) ballot." Petition of Leo J. Galeazzi and others. Favorable action recommended. t~l~J~3.~ To see if the Town will vote to amend Ar own By-Laws by striking therefrom the follox, vj_n~g! ~ ] Section 6. No article calling for the appropriation . '?-%¥J '~ lof funds shall be considered at any snecial town meet- ~'~f-~"_~ ~ing unles~the proposed expenditur~y .~ f~ ~ ~ .,.} .l~~s recommended by the-Selectmen and the ~ ....... ~_~,~.,.., ~ ]P~etition of Board of Selectmen. (-~:,~ ~'~_ '~i ~] ~nfavorable action recommended, ..... ~~ To see if the Town will vote to amend · ~ Artm--Ie I of the Town By-Laxvs by adding thereto the fol- lowing: Section~ No business shall be transacted at any/ · sPecial town meeting except by the unanimous vote o~,% ~'~. those present and voting, unless there shall be ~~/ ~ ~ Tivoli) yg~ters present at the time; provided however, that a number less than such quorum may adjourn~_~= such meeting from time to time. Petition of Board of Selectmen. Favorable action r~commended, p~ovided that the quorum fi~ure be increased to one hundred and fiit¥ (IS§) v~te~ pre~ent. ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article l~r'b~l~t~own By-Laws as appearing on pages 99 and 100 of the 1957 Annual Town Report by adding at the end thereof the following new section: / Section 10. ~he Board of Selectn~hall annual- ~- ly in March appoint and, subject to ~ppropriation, fix .$ the compensation of an Attorney-at-Law who is a resi- dent of the Town of North Andover, and a member in 24 ~- good standing of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Mas- /- saebusetts, to serve as Town Counsel for the term of '~ one year from the first day of April next following, and until his successor shall have been~uly appointed and qualified. Said[Board of Selectme~ll~shall likewise · fill any vacancy in said office for the unexpired term thereof. The Selectmen may employ special counsel to assist the Town Counsel whenever, in their judgment, necessity therefor arises. The Town Counsel shall, sub- ject to the direction of the Board of Selectmen, conduct the prosecution, defense or compromise of all legal proceedings to which the Town of North Andover is a party, and the prosecution or defense as the case may be, of all legal proceedings by or against any Town of- ficer, board or committee. He shall prepare or approve all legal instruments to which the Town is a party or in which any right or interest of the Town is involved, shall advise any Town officer, board or committee upon and in all legal matters and proceedings effecting the performance of his or its official duties, and shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by these By-Laws or by vote of the Town of North Andover. Petition of Board of Selectmen. Unfavorable action rec~mended. ~o see if the Town will vote to amend ' '; wn By-Laws, as appearing on pages 99 and 100 of the 1957 Annual Town Report, by adding at the end thereof the following new section: Section 10. ~_committee consisting of the Chair- man of the Board of Selectmen, the Town Clerk, the Town Treasurer, the Tax Collector, the Chairman of the Board of Assessors, the Chairman of the Board of Public Works, the Chairman of the School Committee, the Chairman of the Board of Health and the Chair- man of the Planning Boax~shall annually in March appoint and, subject to apropriation, fix the compensa- tion of an attorney-at-law who is a resident of the Town, and a member in good standing of the Bar of the Commonwealth, to serve as Town Counsel for the term of one year from the first day of April next fol- lowing, and until his successo, q.r~ shall l~ve been duly appointed and qualified. Said] cgmmittee_Jshall likewise fill any vaca~cy in said office--for the--unexpired term thereof. The Selectmen may employ special counsel to assist the Town Counsel whenever, in their judgment, 25 necessity therefor arises. The Town Counsel shall, sub- ject to the direction of the Selectmen, conduct the prosecution, defense or compromise of all legal pro- ceedings to which the Town is a party, and the prosecu- tion or defense as the case may be, of all legal pro- ceedings by or against any Town officer, board or committee. He shall prepare or approve all legal in- struments to which the Town is a party or in which any right or interest of the Town is involved, shall ad- vise any Town officer, board or committee upon and in all legal matters and proceedings affecting the per- formance of his or its official duties, and shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by these by-laws or by vote of the Town. Petition of Arnold J. Salisbury and others. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($I.000.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to amend the By-Laws governing the Wage and Salary Administra- tion Plan for the employees of the Town of North Andover in the following manner: A. Amend Schedule C, Fringe Benefits, VACATIONS, by striking out said section in its entirety and in- serting the following: VACATIONS All employees are entitled to vacations with pay in accordance with the following: 1. Employees in the full time employment of the Town six months shall be entitled to one week's vacation with pay. 2. Employees in the full time employment of the Town one year shall be entitled to two weeks' vacation with pay. 3. Employees in the full time employment of the Town for a continuous period of fifteen years shall be entitled to three weeks' vacation with pay. 4. Emp]oyees in the full time employment of the Town for a continuous period of twenty years shall be entitled to four weeks' vacation with pay. -- 26 -- Notion.:, That the Town become a member of a plsuning district, under the provisions of Chapter ~0B of the General LawS, the area of which shall be coterminous with the areas of She towns of North Andover, Andover and Methuen, and the city of Lawrence, subject to the approval of the division of plahning of the department of commerce, as provided by section 3 ~f said Chapter; ~rovided_. ho.w,eve?., that this vote shall be of ne force or effect unless and until the towns of Andove~ and Ne~huen, and the city of Lawrence, shall have voted to become members of said district. ~i,~ ,~.~.,.~,~ a~,~ ,,~ stem is hereb~..~J' t-e~:f°r that purpose. Vacation time may be kno~vn as "annual leave", and annual leave shall not be accumulated in ex- cess of four weeks. Each week of annual leave shall be paid for at the employee's regular straight time rate of pay; and in the event that one employee has worked on sev- era! different jobs or occupations in the service of the Town in any one year precedent to this annual leave, he shall be paid for his annual leave at the rate of pay for the job or occupation on which he spent the greatest amount of working time during the nine months prior to May 31, in the vacation year. At his termination or separation from employment by the Town, provided he has worked for the Town in a full time capacity for not less than a continu- ous period of twenty-four months, an employee shall be paid a sum equal to the wage value of his un-used annual leave, but not to exceed four weeks. The Personnel Board may establish a vacation program for the Board of Health Nurse and profes- sional full time employees of the Library staff in accordance with the the general custom for such occupations in towns of comparable size. Nothing in this section shall serve to reduce the annual leave of any employee who now has fifteen or more years continuous service. B, Amend Schedule C, Fringe Benefits, UNIFORM ALLOWANCES, sentence three, by striking out "Fifty dollars ($50.00)" and inserting therein "Sev- enty-five dollars ($75.00)" so that said sentence, so amended, shall read: Seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per uniformed man for Police, (and so forth to end of said sentence all exactly as previ- ously adopted). Petition of Personnel Board. Favorable action recommended. ARTICLE t8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money to be applied to salaries and wages in each town department to provide a five per cent cost of living increase to employees subject to the Wage and Salary Administra- tion Plan, to compensate for the increase in the cost of living since the inception of the By-Law. Wage and salary schedules to remain the same. Petition of Personnel Board. 27 Favorable action recommende~. It is recommended thot the sum of Sixteen Thousand0~Five Hundred Dollars ($16,S00.00) be raised and appropriated to be applied to the cost of a five per cent wage increase to employees subject to the Wage and Salary Administration plan according to the Personnel Board recommendations. ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to become a . etropolitan Lawrence Planning District under the provisions of Chapter 40B of the General Laws or take any action thereto. The annual cost to the Town of North Andover shall ~be an apportioned cost determined by the District Planning Commission on a per capita basis as provided in Section 7 of Chapter 40B, not to exceed 10c per capita or the sum of $1,000, ~vhichever is the lesser. Petition of James M. Bannan and others. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICI~ 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Two Hundred and Sixty-nine Dollars ($269.00) to pay Lawrence Plate and Window Glass Co. for repairs to the Town Garage in 1957. Petition of Board of Selectmen. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Two Hundred and Sixty-nine Dollars ($269.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Six Hundred and Sixty-one Dollars ($661.00) for the purchase of a Check Writer and a Check Signer for use in the Town Treasurer's Office. Petition of James J. Maker and others. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Six Hundred and Sixty-one Dollars ($661.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Two Hundred Sixty-five Dollars ($265.00) for the pur- chase of a portable insulation tester to be used by the No~th Andover Wiring Inspector. Petition of John J. Thompson, Wiring Inspector. Unfavorable action recommended. 28 ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Twenty-five Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($2,550.00) for the purchase of two new 1959 12 volt system cars. Two present cars to be turned in, in trade. All equipment to be changed over, such as police radios, sirens, etc. Petition of Alfred H. McKee, Chief of Police. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Two Thousand, Five Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($2,550.00) be raised and appropriated for the pur- pose of this Article. ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate Fifty-seven Hundred Dollars ($5,700.00) to be used with the 1953 G.M.C. Truck, to purchase a 2-ton dump truck and a 5{ ton pick-up truck. Petition of Board of Public Works. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) to be used with a 1954 Ford Tractor to purchase a Ford Tractor with side mower and loader. Petition of Board of Public Works. Fa,rorahle action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3.000.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to provide tele- metering equipment and automatic controls for the North Pumping Station. Petition of Board of Public Works. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Twenty-eight Hundred Dollars ($2,800.00) to be used with the present 1950 Dodge to purchase a new car. Petition of Board of Health. 29 Favorable action recommendec~, ilt is recommended that the sum of Two Thousand. Eight Hundred Dollars ($2,80/3.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ? ~ ARTICLE 25. To see if the To~vn will raise and appro- .{~priate or transfer from available funds Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) to he used with present Chief's car to purchase new car for use of Fire Chief. Petition of Board of Fire Engineers. ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for the purchase of five hundred (500) feet of new 21/.2'' hose and five hundred (500) feet of new 1~/._," hose. Petition of Board of Fire Engineers. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Three Thousand Two Hundred Dollars and Fifty-three Cents ($3,200.53) for the purchase of a 1959 four-wheel-drive pick-up truck. A 1955 half-ton pick-up truck to be turned in, in trade. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Three Thousand, Two Hundred Dollars and Fifty-three Cents ($3.200.53) be raised and approp- riated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 31. To see if the To~vn will raise and appro- priate the sum of Sixteen Thousand Dollars ($16,000.00) for the purchase of a scoop dozer for the use of the High- way Department, at Disposal Site. A 1948 Oliver tractor to be turned in, in trade. Petition o£ the High~vay Surveyor. Unfavorable action recommended. AI~TICLE 32. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) for the further rebuilding of Dale Street under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, said money to be used with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both for this purpose, or take any other action in relation thereto. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. 3O Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of $6,500,00 be raised and appropriated to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 90 Highway Construction, and that in addition, the sum of $19,500.00 be transferred from unappropriated available funds in the Town Treasury to meet the State and County shares of the cost of the work~ the reimbursement from the State and County to be restored upon their receipt to unapprop. riated available funds in the Town Treasury. ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00) for the maintenance of any streets in Town under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, said money to be used in conjunction with money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both for this purpose; or take any other action in rela- tiOn thereto. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of $2,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article, to be expended by the High- way Surveyor under Chapter 90 of the General Laws. and in addition, the sum of $I,000.00 be transferred from un. appropriated available funds in the Town Treasury to meet the State and County shares of the cost of the work, the reimbursement from the State and County to be re. stored upon their receipt to unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate or take from available funds the sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars_($~.5,-~00700) to be used for resurfacing streets. ~:~ / ~-~ ~ z:;~ Petition of ~oar~t of Selectmen and Ira D. Carty, High- way Surveyor. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25.000.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICI,F. 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate Twenty-five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) to renew water services to the property lines, place gate valves on hydrant branches and raise manhole frames and covers on the streets of the Town that are to be recon- structed this year, Petition of Board of Public Works. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Two Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars ($2.500.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate transfer from available funds a suffi- or Pond Roa eient sum of money to widen a section of Great from the Junction of Pleasant Street to a point toward the centre, for a distance of not less than a ~ ~0f a mile. Petition of Charles R. Kent, Jr. and others. Unfavorable a~ion r~ommended. ARTI~ 37. To see if the Town will raise and appro- p~ate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,0~.~) to be used in repairing cement sidewalks. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Unfavorable a~ion ~ommended. ARTIC!.F. 38. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) to be used for a sidewalk project. The Town to pay one-half the cost and the applicant to pay the other half. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICI,F, 39 A. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds Fifty-t~vo Hundred Dollars ($5,200.00) to extend the sewer system on Johnson Street from Salem Street to Milk Street. Petition of Thaddeus P. Zimny, Daniel J. Grieco and others. ARTICLE 39 B. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds Twenty-six Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($26,400.00) to extend the sewer system on Milk Street from Johnson Street to Chestnut Street. Petition of Daniel J. Grieco and others. ARTICI.I~. 39 C. To see if the Town will vote to raise ani~l appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds Eighteen Thousand Dollars ($18,000.00) to 32 extend the sewer system on Johnson Street Street to Sutton Hill Road. Petition of Thaddeus P. Zimny and others. from Milk ARTICLE 39 I). To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds Nineteen Thousand Dollars ($19,000.00) to extend the sewer system on Sutton Street from the present terminus to Charles Steak House. Petition of Philip T. Miller and others. ARTICLE 39 E. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds, Twenty-three Thousand Dollars ($23,000) to extend the sewer system on Chickering Road from the present terminus southerly to Woody's Grill, Petition of Joseph A. Gaumond and others. ARTICLE 39 F. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds, Twenty-five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) to extend the sewer system on WOodstock Street from Wood Lane to Linden Avenue. Petition of Board of Public Works. ARTICLE 39 G. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer system on Elmwood Street to the residence of Alcide D. Chenard, 13 Elmwood Street. Petition of Alcide E. Chenard and others. The cost of Article 39 G is $2,600.00. Unfavorable action recommended on Articles 39D. and 39 E. Favorable action recommended on Articles 39-A, B, C, F and G. It is recommended that the sum of $$4,700.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of extending the sewer system on the following streets: Johnson Street. Milk Street, Woodstock Street, and Elmwoed Street, and that to meet this appropriation the sum of $4.700.00 be raised in the tax levy of the current year and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and is hereby author- ized to barrow from time to time a sum of up to $50°000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor under authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws as amended, 35 each issue to be paid in not more than five years from its date or at such earlier time as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine. ARTICLE 39 H. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer system on Prospect Street three hundred and eighty feet from Furber Avenue toward Chadwick Street. Petition of Edwin J. McCue and others. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of $2,500.00 be raised and app~:opriated to be expended by the Board of Public Works for the pur- pose of this Article subject to the assessments or better- ments charges undez the conditions o! Chapter 380 of the Acts of 1906, as amended, provided that on or before August L 1959, the construction of at least one house to use this extension shall have been started. ARTICLE 39 I. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer system on Poplar Street two hundred sixty (260) feet from Massachusetts Avenue. Petition of Mary Winters and others. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of $1,600.00 be raised and appropriated to be expended by the Board of Public Works for the put. pose of this Article subject to the assessments or better- ments charges under the conditions of Chapter 380 of the Acts of 1906, as amended, provided that on or before August 1, 1959, the construction of at least one house to use this extension shall have been started. ARTICLE 39 J. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer system on Chadwick Street from the present termi- nus two hundred and seventy feet towards Osgood Street. Petition of James Curtin and others. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Sixteen Hundred Dollars ($1,600.00) be raised and appropriated to be expended by the Board of Public Works for the purpose of this Article subject to the assessments or betterments charges under the conditions of Chapter 380 of the Acts of 1906 as amended. 34 ARTICLE 40 A. To see if the Town will vote to aqcept from the Meadowbrook Laundry of North Andover the sum of Ten Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty Dollars ($10,- 620.00) to be used by the Town and applied toward the cost of relocating the East Side Trunk Sewer from Sutton Street five hundred eighty (580) feet southerly. Petition of Board of Public Works. Favorable action recommended, It is recommended that the Town accept from the Meadowbrook Laundry the sum of Ten Thousand, Six Hundred and Twenty Dollars ($10,620.00) to cover the cost of this sewer relocation, ARTICLE 40 B. To see if the Town will vote to accept from Leo Margolian of Boston the sum of Seventeen Thou- sand Dollars ($17,000.00) to be used by the Town and applied toward the cost of extending the sewer system on the accepted 1908 layout of Wood Lane from Woodstock Street 1,610 feet southeasterly. Petition of Board of Public Works. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the Town accept from Leo ~largolian of I~oston the sum of Seventeen Thousand Dollars ($17,030.0~) to cover the cost of this sewer extension. ARTICLE 41 A. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to extend the water system on Prospect Street one hundred and forty- four (144) feet from the previous terminus towards Furber Avenue. Petition of James Curtin and others. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500,00) be raised and appropriated, to be expended by the Board of Public Works, for the purpose of this article, subject to the follow- ing conditions: That on or before August 1, 1959, the peri. tioners and/or owners make a guarantee acceptable to the Board of Public Works of six per cent of the actual cost o! construction, as water rates, for a period of fourteen years~ and that on or before August 1, 1959, the construction of at least one additional house to use this extension shall have been started. ARTICLE 41 B. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the 35 water system on Poplar Street two hundred forty (240) feet from Massachusetts Avenue. Petition of Mary Winters and others. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of One Thousand and Three Hundred Dollars ($1,300.0D) be raised and appropriated, to be expended by the Board of Public Works, for the purpose of this article, subject to the following conditions: That on or before August 1. 1959 the petitioners and/or owners make a guar- antee acceptable to the Board of Public Works of six per cent of the actual cost of construction, as water rates, for a period of fourteen yearsl and that on or before August l, 1959, the construction of at least one additional house to use this extension shall have been started. ARTICLE 41 C. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the water system on Moody Street two hundred and fifty (250! feet from Chadwick Street. Petition of Philip Clark and others. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of One Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($1,350.00) be raised and appropriated, to be ex- pended by the Board of Public Works, for the purpose of this article, subject to the following conditions: That on or before August 1, 1959, the petitioners and/or owners make a ~/uarantee acceptable to the Board of Public Works of six per cent of the actual cost of construction, as water rates, for a period of fourteen years~ and that on or before August I, 1959, the construction of at least one additional house to use this extension shall have been started. ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, a suffi- cient sum of money to install a drain on Pleasant Street starting at a point 100 feet east of the Joseph Lawlor resi- dence and extending along right side of the road to a point 876 feet east of said residence. Petition of Joseph W. Lawlor and others. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds, the sum of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) to install a surface drain at the corner 36 of Furber Avenue and Brightwood Avenue and to extend approximately 500 feet on Brightwood Avenue. Petition of Clarence Walters and others. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town ~vill raise and appro- priate the sum of Sixteen Thousand Dollars ($16,000.00) for the rebuilding of culvert on Green Street from Waverly Road to the Lawrence Line. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of One Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($1,200.00) for the purpose of painting the Town Infirmary, purchase of equipment, and general repairs to the Infirm- ary buildings. Petition of Board of Public Welfare. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1,200.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate Nine Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($950.00) to provide a suitable entrance with steel doors to a storage area under the Arts and Crafts rooms of the North Andover High School. Petition of Board of Public Works. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Nine Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($950.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 47. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars $1,500.00) for the maintenance of the Disposal Site on Clark :Street. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($10000.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 48. To see if the Town will authorize the Recreational Council appointed by the Selectmen to lease from the Brooks School certain land owned by it which is used as a skating rink, and to authorize the Recreational Council to promote and conduct ice skating thereon for the residents of the Town, and to apropriate the sum of Twenty- five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) therefor from available funds in the treasury, all in accordance with the provisions of Section 14, Chapter 45 of the General Laws. Petition of Recreational Council. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 49. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to provide the towns- people with ten (10) band concerts. Concerts to be pro- vided through the Recording Industry and Musicians Local No. 372, Lawrence, Mass. Petition of Board of Selectmen. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICI,E 50. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, the sum of Twenty Thousand One Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($20,- 125.00) to be added to the budget of the School Committee ($8,125.00 to Salaries, $12,000.00 to Expenses) for the pur- pose of establishing a Public School Kindergarten operat- ing as an integral part of the North Andover Public Schools. Petition of the School Committee. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 51. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, the sum of Eight Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-seven Dollars and Fifty Cents ($8,497.50) for the appointment of three (3) regular patrolmen, fully qualified, who have passed the Civil Service physical and mental examinations, all in ac- cordance with Civil Service Rules and Regulations. Petition of Board of Selectmen and Alfred ti. McKee, Chief of Police. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Two Thousand, Eight Hundred and Thirty- two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2°832.$0) be raised and ap. propriated for the appointment of one additional Regular Patrolman, ARTICLE 52. To see if the To~vn will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, Six 38 Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00) to provide uniformed cross- ing guards at the various school crossings in the Town of North Andover. Petition of Board of Selectmen. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Six Thousand Dollars ($$,000.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 53. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or take from available funds, the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) to be used to finance a de- tailed study and report to include a land survey and en- gineering report, architects fees, land acquisition and other similar expenses, said sum to be administered by the Board of Selectmen all in connection with the erection of a new fire station in the vicinity of the "Old Center". Petition of Board of Selectmen. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 54. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00), a sum to be expended by the School Buildings Committee for the purpose of engineering and land surveys of present and/or prospective School Building sites. Petition of the School Building Committee. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 55. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds, or provide by bond issue, a sum of money for the purpose of acquiring, by pur- chase, taking by eminent domain or otherwise from the owners thereof for a Town Garage and Yard site one of the parcels or groups of parcels of land described below and provide that the Board of Selectmen, be, and hereby is, authorized to act for the Town in connection with this article or take any other action in relation thereto. A. Property abutting the present Town Yard on the east, owned by Philip T. and Rosemary Miller, con- taining about 12,838 square leer and described in a deed from Chastina S. L. Gile to Philip T. and Rose- mary Miller dated December 30, 1954 and recorded with the Essex Northern District Registry of Deeds in Book 806, Page 57. -- 39 -- B. Two certain parcels of land lying between Beacon Hill Boulevard and Bay State Road being (a) Lot numbered 88 on a plan of Beacon Hill, recorded with the North Essex District Registry of Deeds as Plan No. 0381 owned now or formerly by Francis Cox, containing 4,600 square feet and (b) Lots num- bered 111 and 112 on the said Beacon Hill Plan No. 0381 owned by Vina Garneau, containing 9,200 square feet. Petition of Board of Selectmen. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Sixty-eight Thousand and Two Hundred Dollars ($68,209.00) be raised and appropriated to be ex- pended by the Board of Selectmen for acquiring the par- cels of land described in Subdivision B of this Article and for the construction of a Town Garage and Yard Site in an area lying between Bay State Road and Beacon Hill Road and bordering on Chickering Road. and that to meet this appropriation, the sum of Eight Thousand, Two Hundred Dollars ($8,200.~0) be taken irom the current tax levy. and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and is hereby authorized to borrow from time to time a sum of up to Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, under authority of Chapter 44, Section 7. of the General Laws as amended, each issue to be paid in not more than six years from its date or at such earlier time as the Treasurer and Select. men may determine, and that the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is, authorized to act for the Town in connection with this Article or take any other action in relation thereto. ARTICLE 56. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000.00) to acquire the Philip T. and Rosemary Miller property adjoin- ing the Town Yard, remove the buildings therefrom and make certain improvements to the existing town sheds so as to provide needed garage space for town equipment. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 57. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a sum of money for the purpose of acquiring by purchase, taking by eminent domain, or otherwise, from the owners, for extension of the present Franklin School site, the two parcels of land de- 1 40 -- scribed below, containing a total of aproximately 2,87 acres, and provide that the Board of Selectmen be, and hereby is, authorized to act for the Town in connection with this article, or take any action in relation thereto. A PROPERTY SOUTHEAST OF THE PRESENT FRANKLIN SCHOOL SITE A lot of land now or formerly belonging to Puccio situated to the southeast of the present Franklin School site, containing approximately 2.29 acres, and being more particularly bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of the present Franklin School site at land now or formerly of Com- stock, and land now or formerly of Puccio, thence running northeasterly along a stone wall by land now or formerly of Comstock, 25 feet to a point at land now or formerly of Harry W. Clark; thence turning and running southeasterly along land now or formerly of Harry W. Clark, 225 feet to a point; thence turning and running in a generally west- southwesterly direction through land now or for- merly of Puccio, 460 feet to a point in land now or formerly of Puccio; thence turning at an angle of 90 degrees and running in a generally north-northwest- erly direction through land now or formerly of Puc- cio, 205 feet to a point in a stone wall at the inter- section of the southeasterly side of Bevin Road and the southwesterly side of Pinedale Terrace; thence turning and running in a generally northeasterly direction along a stone wall by land now or formerly of Puccio, 465 feet to the point of beginning. All measurements being more or less, and said lot herein described containing approximately 99,750 square feet. References may be found on Plat No. 47 in the North Andover Town Assessors' Office. B PROPERTY SOUTHWEST OF THE PRESENT FRANKLIN SCHOOL SITE A lot of land now or formerly belonging to Charles and Gertrude Melamed situated to the southwest of the present Franklin School site, containing approxi- m~t~ly .58 acres, and being more particularly bound- ed Knd described as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of the present Franklin School site at land now or formerly of Melamed, thence running in a southeasterly direc- tion across Farnham Road, 116 feet to a point where the northeasterly side of Pinedale Terrace inter- sects the southeasterly side of Farnham Road; thence turning and running along the northeasterly side of Pinedale Terrace, 514 feet to a point where the north- easterly side of Pinedale Terrace intersects the southeasterly side of Bevin Road; thence turning and running in a southwesterly direction along a stone wa1! on the southeast side of Bevin Road, 40 feet to a point where the southeasterly side of Bevin Road intersects the southwesterly side of Pinedale Terrace; thence turning and running in a northwesterly direc- tion along the southwesterly side of Pinedale Terrace and its extension, 600 feet to a point in land now or formerly of Melamed; thence turning and running in a northeasterly direction through land now or for- merly of Melamed, 75 feet to the point of beginning. Ail measurements being more or less, and said lot herein described containing approximately 25,200 square feet. All reference to said streets, terraces, and ways may be found on Plat No. 47 in the North Andover Town Assessors' Office. Petition of the School Committee and of the School Building Committee. Unfavorable action recommended, ARTICLE 58. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the care, custody, management and control of the following described parcel of land, generally known as the old John- son High School site, from the Board of Selectmen to the School Committee for school purposes; such transfer being under the authority to be found within the provisions of Chapter 40, Section 15A, of the General Laws of the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts: A lot of land lying north of the intersection of Main Street and Osgood Street, containing approximately 1.46 acres, and being more particularly bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point at the intersection of the easterly side of Main Street and the westerly side of Osgood Street; thence running in a northerly direction along the westerly side of. Osgood Street 462 feet to a point at land 42 ! now or formerly of Dillon; thence turning and Iu]~ning in a westerly direction along lands now or formerl'~ Dillon and others 360 feet to a point on the easterly si'~rgof Main Street at land now or formerly of Randone; thence turning and running in a southerly direction along the easterly side of Main Street 420 feet to the point of beginning. All meas- urements being more or less, and said lot herein described containing approximately 63,750 square feet. All references tO streets and ways may be found on Plat No. 58 in the North Andover Town Assessors' Office. Petition of the School Committee and the School Build- ing Committee. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 59. To see if the Town will vote to accept from the North Andover Improvement Society, a gift of all the land now owned by the Society in the area bounded by Osgood Street, Massachusetts Avenue and Andover Street, for the use and enjoyment of the people of the Town as a Public Park, or Common, but for no other purpose. Petition of Edmund F. Leland, III and others. Favorable action recommended. On Articles pertaining to Zoning. Articles 60 through 65. there will be no recommendations made prior to the Annual Meeting since the Planning Board Hearings per- taining to these Articles will not yet have taken place by the time this report goes into print. ~/~ ARTICLE 60. To see if the Town will vote to amend section 9 of the North Andover Zoning By-Laws as amended and adopted by the Special Town Meeting of June 30, 1956, by striking out of that portion of the By-Law numbered section 9.1 in the last sentence of section 9.1. Further pro- vided that two of the said Board of Appeals members and one of said associate members shall be appointed from among the members of the North Andover Planning Board. Such that the amended By-Law will read as follows, sec- tion 9.1: There shall be a Board of Appeals of five members and not more than three associate members which shall have and exercise all the powers provided under the Gen- eral Laws, Chapter 40A as amended, and which shall hear and decide all matters specifically referred to the Board of Appeals by the North Andover Zoning By-Laws and other matters referred to such Board by statute. The Board of Apg pointe statut, members and associate members shall be ap- the Selectmen in the manner provided for by of Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 61. To see if the To;vn will vote to amend the North Andover Zoning By-Law and Zoning Map by striking out and deleting from that section of the North Andover Zoning By-Law relating to country residence dis- tricts the section therein number 3.42 and by adding to that part of the Zoning By-Law and Zoning Map referred to as village residential districts a new section to be num- bered 3.55, said new section to be as follows: That part of North Andover Township bounded and described as follows, excepting that such portions 0f the within area which have previously been declared to be in a business zone shall continue to be zoned as such: 1. Northwesterly by Sutton Street center line; 2. Northeasterly by Osgood Street center line between Sutton Street and Prescott Street. 3. Southeasterly by Chickering Road center line be- tween Prescott Street and former Salem Railroad at Chickering Road. 4. Southwesterly by a line parallel to and 200 feet northeasterly from the location line of the former Salem Railroad right of way between Chickering Road and Prescott Street. 5. Northerly by Prescott Street center line to center line of Chickering Road. now or formerly of Dillon; thence turning and ~ruf~ning in a westerly direction along lands now or formerly of Dillon and others 360 feet to a point on the easterly side of Main Street at land now or formerly of Randone; thence turning and running in a southerly direction along the easterly side of Main Street 420 feet to the point of beginning. All meas- urements being more or less, and said lot herein described containing approximately 63,750 square feet. All references to streets and ways may be found on Plat No. 58 in the North Andover Town Assessors' Office. Petition of the'Scl~ool committee and the Schbol Boild- lng Committee. '~ ~. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 59. To see if the Town will vote to accept from the North Andover Improvement Society, a gift of all the land now owned by the Society in the area bounded by Osgood Street, Massachusetts Avenue and Andover Street, for the use and enjoyment of the people of the Town as a Public Park, or Common, but for no other purpose. Petition of Edmund F. Leland, III and others. Favorable action recommended. On Articles pertaining to Zoning, Articles 60 through 65. there will be no recommendations made prior to the Annual Meeting since the Planning Board Hearings per- taining to these Articles will not yet have taken place by the time this report goes into print. ~/]/,~ ARTICLE 60. To see if the Town will vote to amend section 9 of the North Andover Zoning By-Laws as amended and adopted by the Special Town Meeting of June 30, 1956, by striking out of that portion of the By-Law numbered section 9.1 in the last sentence of section 9.1. Further pro- vided that two of the said Board of Appeals members and one of said associate members shall be appointed from among the members of the North Andover Planning Board. Such that the amended By-Law will read as follows, sec- tion 9.1: There shall be a Board of Appeals of five members and not more than three associate members which shall have and exercise all the powers provided under the Gen- eral Laws, Chapter 40A as amended, and which shall hear and decide all matters specifically referred to the Board of Appeals by the North Andover Zoning By-Laws and other matters referred to such Board by statute. The Board 43 of Appeals members and associate members shall be ap- pointed by the Selectmen in the manner provided for by statute~ Petition of Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 61. To see if the Town will vote to amend the North Andover Zoning By-Law and Zoning Map by striking out and deleting from that section of the North Andover Zoning By-Law relating to country residence dis- triers the section therein;number 3A2 a~d by adding to that part of the Zoning BY2Law and igOning Map referred to as village residential districts a new section to be num- bered 3.55, said new section to be as follows: That part of North Andover Township bounded and described as follows, excepting that such portions of the within area which have previously been declared to be in a business zone shall continue to be zoned as such: 1. Northwesterly by Sutton Street center line; 2. Northeasterly by Osgood Street center line between Sutton Street and Prescott Street. 3. Southeasterly by Chickering Road center line be- tween Prescott Street and former Salem Railroad at Chickering Road. 4. Southwesterly by a line parallel to and 200 feet northeasterly from the location line of the former Salem Railroad right of way between Chickering Road and Prescott Street. 5. Northerly by Prescott Street center line to center line of Chickering Road. 6. Westerly by High Street. Petition of North Andover Planning Board, James M. Bannan, Chairman. ARTICI,F. 62. To see if the Town will vote to amend the North Andover Zoning By-Law by striking out Section 4.5 through 4.55 inclusive and substituting therefor the following: 4.5 MOTELS Motels shall be permitted in any zoning district but only in accordance with the standards set forth be- low and only after a public hearing by the Board of Appeals with due notice given on application for a motel building permit or for a building permit for a 44 4.51 4.52 4.53 4.54 motel expansion or alteration costing more than $500 and only after site plan review and approval by the Board of Appeals endorsed in writing ~n~he site plan with or without any conditions. Each application for a permit to build a motel or to alter or add to a motel at a cost of $500 or more shall be in writing and shall include a diagram and a statement of the ownership, area, dimensions, boundaries and principal elevations of the land for which such permit is sought~ the names of all ad- joining owners as found in' the most recent tax list, the locations of existing public, or private ways nearest such land, and a plan, profile and cross- sections of all driveways and parking areas pro- posed, also the true location and ground coverage outline and dimensions of every building or struc- tures proposed to be erected thereon. One copy of each such application and plot plan diagram and statement shall be kept on file in the office of the Building Inspector. One copy of each such application and diagram and statement above required shall be filed with the Board of Appeals with a letter requesting the said Board to review the site plan attached and to hold a public hearing therein. Notice of such public hearing shall be given by the Board of Appeals by publication at the expense of the ap- plicant in a newspaper of general circulation in North Andover and the first appearance of such published notice shall be twelve days (12) at least before the date set for such hearing. A permit to build a motel or to alter or add to a motel at a cost of $500.00 or more shall not be issued by the Building Inspectoi' until he has re- ceived from the Board of Appeals a written state- ment of final approval by the Board of Appeals of the site plan for such motel or addition or alter- ation, and such statement by the Board of Appeals shall include a recital of the date on which the Board of Appeals held the public hearing above required, and a recital of the findings of the Board of Appeals after such hearing, including any con- ditions imposed by the said Board as part of its final approval, and the Building Inspector shall enforce the fulfillment of such conditions. In reviewing each such application the Board of 45 Appeals shall study the motel site plan proposed relative to the health, safety and welfare of the prospective occupants, also the occupants of neigh- boring properties, and users of the adjoining high- way, and the welfare of the to~vn generally, includ- ing amenity and pleasantness of site plans. In addition to compliance with all of the Land Space and Building Space Requirements set forth below, the Board shall look for: ia) Traffic safety and ease of access at street and highway entrances and exits of motel drive- ways, taking account of grades, sight distances and distance between such driveway entrances, or exits and the nearest existing or highway intersections. (b) Safety and adequacy of motel driveway layout, also of parking and loading areas for motel patrons, and sufficiency of access for service vehicles such as electricity, gas, fuel, telephone, laundry, rubbish removal, ~vater, sewer, fire, po]ice, ambulance or other routine or emergency vehicles. (c) Safe and adequate means of sewage, of garbage, and rubbish disposal; of water-supply and fire- fighting while awaiting the Fire Department; of heating and ventilating; also of cooking if cook- ing facilities be furnished. id) Assurance of positive storm-~vater drainage and snowme]t run-off from all driveways and parking and loading areas. Landscaping and building layout such as shall protect proposed motel bedroom windows from constant night in- vasion by automobile headlight beams or glare from illuminated signs or driveway lights. (e) Sound-proofing between sleeping rooms; win- dows not looking directly from room to room; and lobby or office space for registration, room keys, and safe-keeping of valuables; also lounge for waiting or writing by patrons. 4.55 Motel lot size, land coverage, yard space and build- design regulations: ia) The lot for any motel shall contain not less than three (3) acres total land area excluding any water bodies of one-half (½) acres water ser- 46 vice area or more, provided such lot be not less than three hundred (300) feet wide at the frontage street and throughout the first two hundred (200) feet of depth of such lot, measur- ing from the frontage street lot line. (b) No part of any building on a motel lot shall be closer than fifty (50) feet to the front lot line, rear lot line or either side line of such lot. A green yard space not less than twenty (20) feet wide, measured at a right angle to each of afore- said lot lines, shall be maintained open and green with grass, bushes, flowers and trees all along each side lot line or rear lot line of such a lot, and (except for entrance and exit drive- ways) along the entire front line of such lot, and such yard space shall not be built on nor paved and not used for automobile parking. (c) There shall be one (bituminous) concrete off- street and off main driveway paved automobile parking space, open or roofed, directly adjoining each motel rental unit. (d) Building on a motel lot shall not cover more than twenty-five (25%) per cent of the land area of such lot excluding any water bodies as above specified. Not less than seventy-five (75%) per cent of the land area of such lot shall re- main open and un-built on but such open space may be used for automobile off-street parking, driveways, sidewalks and motel service yards, except that such use shall not be permitted in any part of the twenty (20) foot wide green perimeter strip above specified. (e) There shall not be erected more than twenty (20) motel rental units per acre of motel lot land area, excluding any water bodies as above specified. (f) Each motel rental unit shall be not less than two hundred fifty (250) square feet habitable floor area enclosed by walls and roof, exclusive of any adjoining portions of roofed or covered walkways. Each motel rental sleeping room shall not be less than fifteen (15) by fifteen (15) feet horizontal dimensions, exclusive of bath or kitchenette. Each such room shall have a private bath attached. --47-- (g) Each motel structure shall contain not less than six (6) nor more than twelve (12) individual motel rental units, unless each section of twelve (12) such units be separated by an unbroken firewall from any further additional such units. Each motel structure shall be of fire- proof construction. Each such structure may be connected ~vith other similar structures by a covered walkxvay if of fire resistive materials. Whether or not so connected, the nearest parts of the walls or corners of such structures shall be separated by a land space otherwise open and un-built on of not less than thirty (30) feet, and in which, within the area bounded by the intersecting projections of the side lines of adjacent buildings, there shall be no auto- mobile parking or loading. (h) Buildings on motel lots shall be one-story and not more than twenty-five (25) feet in height, not- withstanding any building-height provisions in the zoning district in which such buildings are situated, except that not more than two apart- ments for owner or resident manager or other resident staff may be on a second story not to exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height. (i) On each motel lot there shall be provided at least one apartment for a resident owner or manager or other responsible staff person. Each such apartment shall be not less than eight hundred (800) square feet floor area. Such apartment may include the rental office of the motel, and a lounge or other public rooms for the use of motel patrons. Such apartment may be on a second floor as provided in (h) above, but only if over a lounge or office or other public rooms or storage or supply rooms of the motel. No second story premises shall be located over any motel rental unit. ;~,-4a~_.~_ Petition of North Andover Planning Board, James M. Barman, Chairman. ARTICLE 63. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 4.44 of the Zoning By-Law by striking out there- from the words "a motel" so the same shall then read: On petition, subject to site plan review and ap- 48 proval by the Board of Appeals after a public heari'ng thereon with due notice given, an automobile service and filling station, a diner, a restaurant, a retail food store, but no other retail stores of any kind. Petition of Board of Appeals, Daniel T. O Lea y, Chairman. ARTICLE 64. To see if the Town of North Andover will vote to amend the Zoning By-Laws by changing from/ Village Residential, Section 3.51 of the Zoning By-Laws to Business, Section 4.3, the following parcel of land bounded/ and described as follows: Easterly by the westerly line of Chickering Road two hundred sixty-eight and 08/100 (268.08) feet. Southeasterly by Trenton Street twenty-five and 88/100 (25.88) feet; Southwesterly by land now or formerly of Nora C. Fitzgibbons et al two hundred five and 20/100 (205.20) feet; and N'orthwesterly by land now or for- merly of Village Land Co. two hundred thirty-seven (237) feet. . All of said boundaries are determined by the Court to be located as shown on Plan No. 25601A, which is filed with Original Certificate of Title No. 4373, book 29, page 493, the same being compiled from a plan drawn by Charles E. Cyr~ Civil Engineer, date January 1955, and additional date on file in the land registration Office, all as modified and approved by the court and being shown as lot 2 thereon. So much of the above described land as is included within the limits of said Trenton Street is subject to the rights of all persons lawfully entitled thereto in and over the same. Petition of John J. McGuire and others. ~o see if the Town of North Andover win"'vo~' LO~ppt'ov~ this proposed amendment to the Zon- ing By-Law to permit the change in classification of a parcel of land owned by J. Elaine Griffin, from Rural Resi- dential to Country Residential The ]and in question is bounded easterly by Osgood Street; southerly by Prescott Street; and westerly by Chickering Road. Petition of Joseph Montgomery and others. ARTICI,I~, 66. To see if the Town will vote to trans- fer the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) from the Overlay Surplus to the Reserve Fund. Petition of Board of Selectmen. 49 Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum o! Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) be transferred from the Overlay Surplus to the Reserve Fund. ARTICLE 67. To see if the Town will appropriate from available funds, the sum of Eleven Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-eight Dollars and Sixty-seven cents ($11,- 228.67) being the amount of water department receipts in excess of water department operating expenses including bonds and interest for 1958 to a Stabilization Fund as pro~ vided for by Chapter 124 of the Acts of 1945 with the understanding that it is to be used by the Town for capital improvements in the water works system under the pro- visions of the above act. Petition of the Board of Public Works. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of ($ ) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 68. To see if the To~vn will raise and appro- priate, or transfer from available funds, a sum of money to be added to the Stabilization Fund, authorized under Chap- ter 124, Acts of 1945, and established under Article 36 of the Warrant by the vote of the Annual Town Meeting held March 16, 1946. Petition of the School Building Committee. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of ($ ) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 69. To see if the Town will vote to take the sum of ..................... from available funds to reduce the 1959 tax rate. Petition of Board of Assessors. Favorable action recommended, It is recommended that the sum of ($ ) be taken from Available Funds for the purpose of this Article, ~,'~ ~'c? And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting i.L~,c '~rue and attested copies thereof, at the Town Building, and at five or more public places in each voting precinct. Said copies to be posted not more than fifteen days nor less than ten days before the time of holding said meeting. --50-- Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting. Given under om' hands at North Andover, Massachu- setts, the twenty-first day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine. A true copy, ATTEST: RALPH E. FINCK, Chairman WILLIAM A. FINNERAN PHILIP SUTCLIFFE Board of Selectmen .......................... Constable North Andover, Massachusetts, _ ........... 1959. 51 Advisory Board Report 1959 'North Andover, Massachusetts Town of North Andover, Massachusetts ADVISORY BOARD REPORT 1959 ATTEND TOWN MEETING MARCH 14, 1959. Your vote is only good at TOWN MEETING, PLEASE BRING THIS REPORT TO TOWN MEETING FOR USE IN FOLLOWING THE PROCEEDINGS. CONTENTS Introductory Remarks ...................... Page 1 Expense Budget Considerations ......... Pages 1--2 New Fire Station ......................... Page 3 Resurfacing Streets ...................... Page 3 Town Garage .............................. Page 3 Transfers from Reserve Fund During 1955 ..... Page 4 Conclusion ................................. Page 5 Your Tally Sheet ...... L ............. Pages 6 -- 7 -- $ Town Warrant ............................. Page 9 Recommended Appropriations for Regular Town Departments ..... Pages 12 to 22 PLEASE PRESERVE THIS REPORT FOR USE AT THE TOWN MEETING, Report of the North Andover Advisory Board TO THE CITIZENS OF NORTH ANDOVER: The Annual Town Meeting will be held in the North Andover High School Auditorium on Saturday, March 14, 1959, at 1:30 P.M. Your Advisory Board respectfully sub- mits this report with its recommendations for action to be taken on the budgets and articles of the Warrant. We have carefully considered each budget and have studied each article. Our recommendations are based on what we feel to be in the best interest of the Town. We hope that everybody will familiarize themselves with the issues at hand and will come to the Town Meeting to take an active part in making these decisions. The actions taken at this meeting affect us all directly this year, and more so in the future. Each $20,000.00 to be raised and appropriated will account for $1.00 on the tax rate. EXPENSE BUDGET CONSIDEI~ATIONS This year's budgets of expense, as recommended, total more than $1,620,000.00, an increase of $120,000.00 over last year. Since each $20,000.00 spent by the town amounts to $1.00 on the tax rate, this increase represents $6.00 on the tax rate. The net increases are broken down as follows: (a) Increased expenses ................ $ 20,000.00 (b) Increased wages, regular departments 30,000.00 (c) Increased wages, school department _ 70,000.00 Total increases $120,000.00 The following comments on these increases are pertinent. (a) Regular departmental expenses decreased $15,000.00 while school expenses increased $35,000.00, ($30,000.00 of which is for extraordinary and essential re- 1 pairs to the Thompson School), leaving a net increase in town expenses of $20,000.00. (b) The increased wages, regular departments, are accounted for by the four firemen voted at last year's annual meeting, two additional men for refuse disposal and an additional man in the Public Works Department recommended by your Advisory Board for this year, plus understandable increases for elected officials and step rate adjustments granted by the Personnel Board. (c) The increased wages for the school department, amounting to $70,000.00, deserve to be outlined carefully so that the citizens of the Town will have a clear knowledge of what they are voting for in this regard. A little more than $3,000.00 of this amount is for a 5% ~vage increase to al1 non-teaching personnel which will be applied if Article 18, for a 5% wage increase to other departmental employees, is passed by Town vote. The greater part of the remaining $67,000.00 increase is due to the program for increasing maximum teachers' salaries. This program consists of successive yearly salary increases which, beginning in 1956 and continuing to 1961, is intended to increase their maximum salaries a totai of $2,500.00 per year for some of the teachers and $2,200.00 per year for the rest of them. Of these yearly salary in- creases; $500.00 per year was granted last year, and $600.00 per year is to go into effect this year. Since our teaching staff now numbers more than %0 people, 80% of whom are already eligible for this increase, this plus the needed yearly additions to our teaching staff account fairly well for the magnitude of this increase in this year's salary budget. If we may permit ourselves to editorialize, we find that while there has been an increase of only 11% in school pupils since 1956, total school salaries have increased 56% during the same period. This does not take into con- sideration the further addition to our school services which would be occasioned by a kindergarten and the installa- tion of school crossing guards. Until now, we have been very fortunate that new tax- able industrial valuation gave us enough extra revenue each year that we could absorb these increases without increasing the tax rate. Those days are gone now. Any increase voted this year that xvill be carried by budgets next year will all have to come directly from tax rate in- creases. The increase in our School services is an indication of North Andover's growth, but along with schools are many other services which must be expanded or improved, examples of which are the need for new public buildings, the constant requirement to extend the water mains fur- ther and further into the outskirts of the Town, the con- tinued and very desirable public pressure to extend the sewer mains, and the m~intenance and rebuilding of roads. All these needs must be kept in balance if we are to have a sound fiscal policy. For these, and other reasons, your Advisory Board strongly feels that the School Department should hold salaries at their present levels, deferring fur- ther increases until other pressing needs of the Town are met. N~--W FIR£ STATION With respect to the additional fire station, your Ad- visory Board recognizes that this will not only be desir- able, but essential for the future protection of the Town: However, it is also essential to point out that this should not be accomplished until the water mains are extended and improved, and until adequate pressure and volume can be maintained at the outlying points of the Town. For this reason, we strongly urge a delay in the construction of the Fire Station until the work on the water mains is more nearly complete. R£SURFACING STR££TS Previous to 1958 there seemed to have been no real program for properly rebuilding and maintaining the roads. Last year your Board of Selectmen initiated such a pro- gram which is being continued this year by Article 34 of this Warrant. While the amount of this appropriation is insignificant when compared to the needs of the Town in this respect, it is another step in the right direction in bringing the roads back to the condition the townspeople would like to have them in. TOWN GABAG£ The need has been growing in recent years for adequate garage facilities for town equipment. We have reached the point where equipment is stored in many places and left out in all kinds of weather. This year the Warrant presents three possible solu- tions to this problem. There are two different plans to ex- pand the plant behind the Town Building, both of which, 3 this Board feels, would take care of the Town's needs only for a short time. We recommend that the third plan be put into effect at this Town Meeting. This plans calls for a new building to be erected on a site off Chickering Road above the High School. The land to be used is mostly owned by the Town. The new site is well away from the congested "down town" area and is more centrally located to the Town as a whole. As a start the new building would house the High~vay and Tree and Moth Departments to- gether with their offices. The Public Works Department would be left in its present location with ample space for all of its equipment. The new site is large enough in area to provide for any future expansion. TRANSFERS FROM RESERVE FUND DURING 1958 Approved by your Advisory Board under Chapter 40, Section 6, of the General Laws: Annual Town Meeting Expenses ......... $ 134.02 Fire Expenses .......................... 1,000.00 Highway General Maintenance Expenses __ 2,000.00 Johnson High School ................... 1,250.00 Memorial Day ....................... 125.00 Contingent Fund ........................ 1,000.00 Playground Salaries ..................... 200.00 Selectmen Clerical Expenses ........... 120.00 Town Clerk Salary ..................... 125.00 Sewer Mainten. and Construction Expenses 2,943.76 Selectmen's Expenses ................... 175.00 Sewer Bond Premium Account ............ 373.91 Article 68, 1958 -- Police Officers, Stickers, Legion Beach ............ 31.25 Contingent Fund ........................ ?00.00 Dutch Elm Disease ..................... 500.00 Highway Refuse Disposal Salaries ........ 80.00 Po]ice Patrolmen Sa]aries ................ 50.06 Street Lighting ........................ 850.00 Po]ice Expenses ......................... 300.00 Tax Collector Expenses .................. 247.00 Board of Health Expenses ............... 800.00 Total .......... $13,007.97 Balance of Account Returned to Treasury _ 1,992.03 Amount of Original Appropriation plus Article 4, Transfer from Available Fund "Free Cash". $15,000.00 CONCLUSION Your Advisory Board wishes to extend its sincere thanks to the Members of other Town Boards, Town Offi- cials, Department Heads and all others who have conferred with us and have been most helpful and co-operative in giving information to aid us in our work. !~spectfully submitted: NORTH ANDOVER ADVISORY BOARD Charles A. Stillwell, Chairman Antoine Dubois, Clerk George Dupont P~ Ashton Smith James Poor Carl Hanson Kenneth Brett Daniel Valpey Raymond Broadhead YOUR TALI~Y SHEET FOR ARTICLES REQUESTING FUNDS REMEMBER: Each time the Town votes to raise and appropriate approximately $20,000.00 means an increase of $1.00 in your tax rate (per $1,000.00 of assessed valuation). DESCRIPTION OF ARTICLE '~ Km~ E ]5. Town Counsel .............. $ 1,000.00 No 16. Town Counsel .............. 1,000.00 Yes 18. 5% Wage Increase .......... 16,500.00 Yes /~_2~__~_ 19. Joining Planning District .... l~0O~.00 ~:t~ ..... 20. Lawrence Plate Glass 15ill __- 269.00 Yes ._2_~__~_ 21. Check Writer and Signer .... 661.00 Yes 22. Insulation Tester ........... 265.00 No ..... 23. Two Police Cruisers ........ 2,550.00 Yes ,2~_~ 24. T,l.':c Trucks, 13. P. Works .... 5,700.00 '~) 25. Ford Tractor, 15. P. Works ___ 3,000.00 Yes 26. Telemetering Equipment .... 2,000.00 Yes g_0e_c,_ 27. Health Department Car ..... 2,800.00 Yes 28. Fire Chief Car .............. 2,000.00 ~fc,S ~__~_t:~ 29. Fire Hose .................. 2,000.00 Yes 30. 4-Wheel Piekoup, Highway ___ 3,200.53 Yes 31. Dump Seoopdozer, Highway _ 16,000.00 No ..... 32. Chapter 90, Dale Street ..... 6,500.00 Yes 33. Chapter 90, Maintenance .... 2,000.00 Yes 34. Resurfacing Streets ......... ~ Yes 35. 36. 37. 3~. 39.--A. 39.--B. 39.--C. 39.--D. 39.--E. 39.--F. 39.--G. 39.--H. 39.--I. 39.--J. 41.--A. 41.--B. 41.~-C. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. Work on Streets ............ ~ Widening Great Pond Road __ 50,000.00 Cement Sidewalk Project _~__ 1,000.00 Si'dewalk Project ........... 1,000.00 Sewer, Johnson Street ___ 5,200.00 Sewer, Milk Street ...... 26,400.00 Sewer, Johnson Street --- 18,000.00 Sewer, Sutton Street ..... 19,000.00 Sewer, Chickering Road __ 23,000.00 Sewer, Woodstock Street _ 2,500.00 Sewer, Elmwood Street __ 2,600.00 Sewer, Prospect Street _-_ 2,500.00 Sewer, Poplar Street .... 1,600.00 Sewer, Chadwick Street -- 1,600.00 Water, Prospect Street --- 500.00 Water, Poplar Street ..... 1,300.00 Water, Moody Street ..... 1,350.00 Drain, Pleasant Street ...... 2,000.00 Drain, Brightwood Avenue __ 1,500.00 Drain, Green Street ......... 16,000.00 Town Infirmary ............ 1,200.00 High School Entrance ....... 950.00 Disposal Site ............... 1,500.00 Skating Rink ............... 2,500,00 Band Concerts ............. 500.00 Kindergarten .............. 20,125.00 3 New Patrolmen ........... 8,497.50 Female Crossing Guards .... 6,000.00 7 No ..... No ..... NO ..... Yes~x ..... yes\ ..... Yes No O No Yes Yes Yes Yes No ..... No ..... No ..... Yes _~ No No ..... No Yes Yes ,~_ 53. Fire. Station Study .......... 5,000.00 54. School Sites Survey ......... 600.00 55.-A. Garage Site, Miller ...... 66,000.00 55.--B. Garage Site, Chickering _- 68,200.00 56. Garage Expansion, Miller .... 12,000.00 57. 66. 67. 68. Yes _ _~_ _~_ Land Takings, School ........ 3,927.03 No ..... Overlay to Reserve Fund ___= 1~,0e0.99 Yes /i~i-'~J- Stabilization, B.P.W ......... .-~17~a-c-~ v~s Stabilization ....................... Yes 69. Available to Reduce Tax ............ Yes / ? TOWN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachusetts ESSEX ss. To either of the Constables of the To~vn of North Andover: GREETING: In the name of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of North Andover qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in the Bradstreet School Auditorium, in Precinct One, the St. Michael's School Auditorium in Pre- cinct Two, the Thomson School Auditorium in Precinct Three, and the Kittredge School Auditorium in Precinct Four in said North Andover on Monday, the second day of March 1959, at seven (7) o'clock A.M., and there to act on the following article: ARTICLE 1. To elect a Moderator, Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Highway Surveyor, Tree Warden, Three Selectmen, Three Members of the Board of Public Welfare and five Constables for one year. One Assessor, one Member of the Board of Public Works, one Member of the Board of Health, one Member of the School Committee for three years, one Member of the Planning Board and one Member of the Housing Authority for five years, and to vote upon the question. QUESTION: "Shall the Town of North Andover accept the provisions of Section 47B of Chapter 31 of the General Laws, as it applies to sealers of weights ~ and measures, a fair and concise summary of which appears below?" YES NO "Acceptance of the provisions of Section 47B of Chapter 31 of the General Laws would place under Civil Service the sealer of weights and measures of the Town of North Andover." All to be voted upon one ballot, the polls shall be open at 7:~ A.M., and shall be closed at 7:00 P.M. ,9 After final action on the preceding Article 1, the said meeting shall stand adjoin'ned by virtue of Section 4, Article One of the Town By-Laws, to Saturday, March 14, 1959, at one-thirty o'clock P.M., in the Veterans Auditorium of the North Andover High School, then and there to act on the following articles: ARTICLE 2. To elect all other officers not required by la~v to be elected by ballot. Recommended that this be referred to the Selectmen for action. ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to accept ~he report of receipts and expenditures as presented by the Selectmen. Recommended that the report be accepted. ARTICLE 4. To see what action the Town will take as to its unexpended appropriations. Recommended that all unexpended appropriations be returned to the Treasury. with the exception of the fol. lowing amounts as of Jan. I, 1959, which were originally appropriated under the Articles indicated: 1. Art. 5, 10-7-57~ Brooks Skating ......... $ 403.00 2. Art. 62. 1958 w Brooks Skating ....... 1,700.00 3. Art. 4, 6-30-55 -- Planning Board Extra Exp. 800.00 4. Art. 68, 1957 w Planning Board Town Plan. 4,000.00 5. Art. 69, 1957--Planning Board Zoning Maps 1,474.54 6. Art. 6, 6-9-58- Police Wages and Election Expenses ........................... 207.71 7. Art. 53, 1956 -- East Side Sewer ........ ~ ~933.72 8. Art. 56. 1958 -- West Side Trunk Sewer _ ~6,~39.59 9. Art. 34, 1956- Chap. 90 G.L. Construction 2,720.00 10. Art. 46, 1957-- Chap. 90 G. L. Dale Street _ 16,327.20 11. Art. 44, 1958 -- Chap. 90 G. L. Dale Street _ 30.000.00 12. Art. 19, 1958~Town Infirmary Repairs __ 639.72 13. U.S. Old Age Assistance ................ 13.519.20 14. U.S. Old Age Administration ............ 4,206.25 15. U.S. Aid to Dependent Children, Aid __ _ 5,565.58 16. U.S. Aid to Dependent Children, Administ. 1,995.77 17. U.S. Disability Assistance ............... 4,250.41 18. U.S. Disability Administration ..... 1,290.80 19. Veterans' Benefits. Reserve for 1958 Mass. Hospital Bills_ .................... 539.70 20. Federal School Funds, P. L. 874, Chap. 413, ~ Acts of 1956 ........................... 4,364.36 10 21~'Art. 72. 1950--Kittredge School ......... 77~3 22.~Art, 19, 1952--New High School ........ 524.15 23*-~Art. 29, 1950--Lights Outside New High School ................................ 827.74 24.~"Art, 6, 11-26-56 m Melamed Land Taking _ 12,000.00 9-5.~Art. 1, Item A-I, 2-4-57, Melamed Land Tak, 625.00 26. Art. I, Item A-2, 2-4-57. Melamed Land Tak. 501L00 27, Art. 1, Item B-I, 2-4-57--Chamberlain Land Taking ................................. 28. Art. 1, Item B.2, 2-4.57, Colizzi Laud Taking 150.00 29. 30. 31. 32. ~33. 35. 36. 38. Art. 80 2-4-57 m New Franklin School ..... 71.587.30 School Lunch .......... ~ ............... 9-03.19 North Andover High Athletic Association _ 9.98 Civil Defense ............................. 343.03 Art. 13, 1954 ~ Publishing Town History __ 3.028.29 Art, 64,~ 1953, Clean and Cement Line Water Mains .................................. 3,422.34 Interest on Western Electric Escrow Acct. 1,614.59 Art, 54, 1958 m Installing 12" Water Mains 27;501.67 Art. 55, 1958- Water Main Extensions ___ 2.500.00 Art. 8. 1958- Purchase of Land and Bldgs. Great Pond ............................ 9,600.00 39. Water Mains Premium ................. 189.35 40.?Art. 56, 1958, West Side Trunk Sewer ..... 14.328.87 Total ......... $320,210.87 ARTICLE 5. To see if the To~vn will vote to fix the ~/lary and compensation of all elected officers of the Town as provided for by Section 108 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, as amended, effective from January 1, 1959. Board of Selectmen -- each per annum __ $ 700.00 Board of Public Welfare--each per annum 150.00 Board of Assessors--each per annum __ 1,250.00 Town Treasurer--per annum .......... 5,775.00 Tax Collector- per annum ............ 1,900.00 Highway Surveyor- per annum ....... 5,765.00 Tree Warden--per annum ............ 400.00 Moderator-- per annum ............... 50.00 Board of Health- each per annum ..... 300.00 Board of Public Works -- each per annum 250.00 Favorable action recommended. These are the salaries that have been provided for in the Budget Items, ARTICLE 6. To see what action the Town will take as to the recommendations of The Advisory Board. Recommended that each item of the proposed Budget be considered separately. (See following 11 pages.) 11 0 0 ~. ~ ~ O0 L~ .<., ,. ,,, d ~ o 3_3 115 ~ 18 2O 0 0 0 0 o,1 o ' ' ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money, from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1960 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance ~vith Section 17, Chapter 44, of the General Laws. Favorable action recommended. /~ ARTICLE 8. To consider the report of all special com- mittees. Recommended that the reports of all special commit- tees be heard. ~'~/~h ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town Will vote to authorize e Board of Health to appoint one of their members to the position of Board of Health Physician and to fix his com- pensation in accordance with Section 4A, Chapter 41 of the General Laws. Petition of Board of Health. Favorable action recommended on the basis of com- pensation in the amount of $950.00 for the year of 1959. This amount has been included in the Board of Health Budget recommended by your Advisory Board. ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to author- ~ize the School Committee to appoint one of its members to ~<--~he position of School Physician and to fix his compensa- Xtion in accordance with Section 4A Chapter 41, General Laws. Petition of School Committee. Favorable action recommended on the basis of com. pensation in the amount of $1.500.00 for the year of 1959. This amount has been included in the School Department Budget. ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept ction 103A of Chapter 54 of the General Laws, as amend- ea. An Act providing for Absent Voting at Regular Town Elections. Petition of Board of Selectmen. Favorable action recommended. 23 RTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following amendment to the Town By-Laws. "That upon motion duly made and seconded, at any annual or special Toxvn Meeting, and upon the affirmative vote of at least 259k of the voters present at said annual or special To~vn Meeting, any article in the warrant for the said annual or special To~vn Meeting, shall be voted upon by Australian (secret) ballot." Petition of Leo J. Galeazzi and others. Favorable action recommended. ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article i of the To;vn By-Laws by striking therefrom the following: Ix, k/ Section 6. No article calling for the appropriation J of funds shall be considered at any sp~wn m_eet- ing unless the ]~roposed expenditure is~l~4--~Tm~a~ ~j~ecommended by the Selectmen and the Advisory Board. Petition of Board of Selectmen. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article 1 of the Town By-Laws by adding thereto the fol- lowing: Section4~.~ lq}) business shall be transacted at any ~' special to~vn meeting except by the unanimous vote of those present and voting, unless there shall be seventy- five (75) voters present at the time; provided however, that a number less than such quorum may adjourn such meeting from time to time. Petition of Board of Selectmen. Favorable action recommended, provided that the quorum figure be increased to one hundred and fifty voters present. ARTICI.E 15. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article IV of the Town By-Laws as appearing on pages 99 ~ ..~.~j~lfd 100 of the 1957 Annual Town Report by adding at the ~, thereof the following new section: '~x~ Section 10. The Board of Selectmen shall annual- \~ ly in March appoint and, subject to appropriation, fix }.~ the compensation of an Attorney-at-Law who is a resi- dent of the Town of North Andover, and a member in 24 good standing of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Mas- ~ ,~ / sachusetts, to serve as To~vn Counsel for the term of , one year from the first day of April next following, ; ~'~/~ · and until his successor shall have been duly appointed ~ ]/~' and qualified. Said Board of Selectmen shall likewise ~]~ fill any vacancy in said office for the unexpired term thereof. The Selectmen may emPloy special counsel to assist the Town Counsel whenever, in their judgment, necessity therefor arises. The To;vn Counsel shall, sub- ject to the direction of the Board of Selectmen, conduct the prosecution, defense or compromise of all legal proceedings to which the Town of North Andover is a party, and the prosecution or defense as the case may be, of all legal proceedings by or against any Town of- ficer, board or committee. He shall prepare or approve all legal instruments to which the Town is a party or in which any right or interest of the Town is involved, shall advise any To;vn officer, board or committee upon and in all legal matters and proceedings effecting the performance of his or its official duties, and shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by these By-Laws or by vote of the Town of North Andover. Petition of Board of Selectmen. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article IV of the Town By-Laws, as appearing on pages 99 and 100 of the 1957 Annual To;vn Report, by adding at the end thereof the following new section: Section 10. A committee consisting of the Chair- man of the Board of Selectmen, the Town Clerk, the Town Treasurer, the Tax Collector, the Chairman of the Board of Assessors, the Chairman of the Board of ' Public Works, the Chairman of the School Committee, the Chairman of the Board of Health and the Chair- man Of the Planning Board shall annually in March appoint and, subject to apropriation, fix the compensa- tion of an attorney-at-]aw who is a resident of the Town, and a member in good standing of the Bar of the Commonwealth, to serve as Town Counsel for the term of one year from the first day of April next lowing, and until his successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified. Said committee shall likewise fill any vacancy in said office for the unexpired term thereof. The Selectmen may employ special counsel to assist the Town Counsel whenever, in their judgment, -- 25 -- necessity therefor arises. The Town Counsel shall, sub- ject to the direction of the Selectmen, conduct the prosecution, defense or compromise of all legal pro- ceedings to which the Town is a party, and the prosecu- tion or defense as the case may be, of all legal pro- ceedings by or against any Town officer, board or committee. He shall prepare or approve all legal in- struments to which the Town is a party or in which any right or interest of the Town is involved, shall ad- vise any Town officer, board or committee upon and in all legal matters and proceedings affecting the per- formance of his or its official duties, and shall perfmm~ such other duties as may be imposed upon him by these by-laws or by vote of the Town. Petition of Arnold J. Salisbury and others. Favorable action recommended. It is recommendec~ that the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) be raised end appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 17. To see if the To~vn will vote to amend the By-Laws governing the Wage and Salary Administra- tion Plan for the employees of the Town of North Andover in the following manner: A. Amend Schedule C, Fringe Benefits, VACATIONS, by striking out said section in its entirety and in- serting the following: VACATIONS All employees are entitled to vacations with pay in accordance with the following: 1. Employees in the full time employment of the Town six months shall be entitled to one week's vacation with pay. 2. Employees in the full time employment of the Town one year shall be entitled to two xveeks' vacation with pay. 3. Employees in the full time employment of thc Town for a continuous period of fifteen years shall be entitled to three weeks' vacation with pay. 4. Employees in the full time employment of the Town for a continuous period of twenty years shall be entitled to four weeks' vacation with pay. 26 i~, /2'7 ,.~1I f ~ ,,,co Vacation time may be known as "annual leave", and annual leave shall not be accumulated in ex- cess of four weeks. Each week of annual leave shall be paid for at the employee's regular straight time rate of pay; and in the event that one employee has worked on sev- eral different jobs or occupations in the service of the Town in any one year precedent to this annual leave, he shall be paid for his annual leave at the rate of pay for the job or occupation on which he spent the greatest amount of working time during the nine months prior to May 31, in the vacation year. At his termination or separation from employment by the Town, provided he has worked for the Town in a full time capacity for not less than a continu- ous period of twenty-four months, an employee shall be paid a sum equal to the wage value of his un-used annual leave, but not to exceed four weeks. The Personnel Board may establish a vacation program for the Board of Health Nurse and profes- sional full time employees of the Library staff in accordance with the the general custom for such occupations in towns of comparable size. Nothing in this section shall serve to reduce the annual leave of any employee who now has fifteen or more years continuous service. B. Amend Schedule C, Fringe Benefits, UNIFORM ALLOWANCES, sentence three, by striking out "Fifty dollars ($50.00)" and inserting therein "Sev- enty-five dollars ($75.00)" so that said sentence, so amended, shall read: Seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per uniformed man for Police, (and so forth to end of said sentence all exactly as previ- ously adopted). Petition of Personnel Board. Favorable action recommended. ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from availa, ble funds a sum of money to be applied to salaries and wages in each town department to provide a five per cent cost of living increase to employees subject to the Wage and Salary Administra- tion Plan, to compensate for the increase in the cost of living since the inception of the By-Law. Wage and salary schedules to remain the same. Petition of Personnel Board. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Sixteen Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars ($16,$00.00) be raised and appropriated to be applied to the cost of a five per cent wage increase to employees subject to the Wage and Salary Administration plan according to the Personnel Board recommendations. ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to become a member of the Metropolitan Lawrence Planning District under the provisions o£ Chapter 40B of the General Laws ~l~or take any action thereto. x The annual cost to the Toxvn of North Andover shall be an apportioned cost determined by the District Planning Commission on a per capita basis as provided in Section 7 of Chapter 40B, not to exceed 10c per capita or the sum of ~rt7000;, whichever is the lesser. Petition of James M. Bannan and others. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise ~,~ofnd appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum Two Hundred and Sixty-nine Dollars ($269.00) to pay [~I~awrence Plate and Windoxx~ Glass Co. for repairs to the Town Garage in 1957. Petition of Board of Selectmen. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Two Hundred and Sixty-nine Dollars ($269.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. AI~TICLE 21. To see if the To~vn ~vill vote to raise and appropriate o,' transfer from available funds the sum of Six Hundred aud Sixty-one Dollars ($661.00) for the purchase of a Check Writer and a Check Signer for use in the Town Treasurer's Office. Petition of James J. Maker and others. Favorable action recommended, It is recommended that the sum of Six Hundred and Sixty-one Dollars ($661.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town ~vill vdte to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum ~of Two Hundred Sixty-five Dollars ($265.00) for the pur- ~-./~k-~hase of a portable insulation tester to be used by the ~;~_TNorth Andover Wiring Inspector. Petition of John J. Thompson, Wiring Inspector. Unfavorable action recommended, 28 ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town xvill vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Twenty-five Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($2,550.00) for '~ the purchase of two new 1959 12 volt system cars. Two /i present cars to be turned in, in trade. All equipment to be j~ changed over, such as police radios, sirens, etc. Petition of Alfred H. McKee, Chief of Police. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Two Thousand, Five Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($2.550.00) be raised and appropriated for the pur- pose of this Article. ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and / appropriate Fifty-seven Hundred Dollars ($5,700.00) to be ~r) used with the 1953 G.M.C. Truck, to purchase a 2-ton dump ~ . truck and a ~ ton pick-up truck. Petition of Board of Public Works. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town ~vill raise and appro- priate Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) to be used with a 1954 Ford Tractor to purchase a Ford Tractor with side mower and loader. Petition of Board of Public Works. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ~ ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise /J?-x and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to provide tele- }metering equipment and automatic controls for the North Pumping Station. Petition of Board of Public Works. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000,00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. /~ ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise ' '"/ ~land appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Twenty-eight Hundred Dollars ($2,800.00) to be used with the present 1950 Dodge to purchase a new car. Petition of Board of Health. -- 29 -- Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Two Thousand, Eight Hundred Dollars ($2.80/)./)0) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds Two Thousand //Dollars ($2,000.00) to be Used with present Chief's car to ~purchase new car for use of Fire Chief. x Petition of Board of Fire Engineers. -~h~favorable action recommended. ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for the purchase of five hundred (500) feet of new 2!/~" hose and five hundred (500) feet of new 1½" hose. Petition of Board of Fire Engineers. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ~\ ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will raise and appro- / ~p~'iate the sum of Three Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ahd Fifty-three Cents ($3,200.53) for the purchase of a 1959 four-wheel-drive pick-up truck. A 1955 half-ton pick-up truck to be turned in, in trade. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sttm of Three Thousand° Two Hundred Dollars and Fifty-three Cents ($3,20/).53) be raised and approp- ~\.~. riated for the purpose of this Article. t~ ARTICLE 3L To see if the Town will raise and appro- ..~'/]~riate the sum of Sixteen Thousand Dollars ($16,000.00) ~J' ~or the purchase of a scoop dozer for the use of the High`- ~ ~¥ay Department, at Disposal Site. A 1948 Oliver tractor to be turned in, in trade. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) for the further rebuilding of Dale Street under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, said money to be used with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both for this purpose, or take any other action in relation thereto. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of $6,500.00 be raised and appropriated to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 90 Highway Construction. and that in addition, the sum of $19,$00.00 be transferred from unappropriated available funds in the Town Treasury to meet the State and County shares of the cost of the work. the reimbursement from the State and County to be restored upon their receipt to unapprop- riated available funds in the Town Treasury. ~ ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will raise and appro- ~'priate the sum of Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00) for the maintenance of any streets in Town under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, said money to be used in conjunction with money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both for this purpose; or take any other action in rela~ tion thereto. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of $9.,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article, to be expended by the High- way Surveyor under Chupter 90 of the General Laws, and in addition, the sum of $1,000.00 be transferred from un- appropriated available funds in the Town Treasury to meet the State and County shares of the cost of the work, the reimbursement from the State and County to be re. stored upon their receipt to unappropriated available funds in the Treasury. ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate or take from availab~q funds the sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars (~.0O) to be used for z-esurfacing streets. ~ j~ y~..O 0 0 Petition of ~oardSf Selectmen and Ira D. Carry, High- way Surveyor. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Twenty.five Thousand Dollars ($25°000.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate Twenty-five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) to renew water services to the property lines, place gate valves on hydrant branches and raise manhole frames and covers on the streets of the Town that are to be recon- structed this year. Petition of Board of Public Works. / ~ 0 0 ~ Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Two Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars (~L00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise d appropriate or transfer from available funds a suffi- nt sum of money to widen a section of Great Pond Road m the Junction of Pleasant Street to a point westerly, toward the centre, for a distance of not less than a tenth of a mile, ~ Petition of Charles R. Kent, Jr. and others. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICL~ 37. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) to be ~ed in repairing cement sidewalks. ~ Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTIC!.I~. 38. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) to be used for a sidewalk project. The Town to pay one-half the ~/~cost and the applicant to pay the other half. ._~./.c~{~ Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICI.~. 39A. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds Fifty-two Hundred Dollars ($5,200.00) to extend the sewer system on Johnson Street from Salem Street to Milk Street. Petition of Thaddeus P. Zimny, Daniel J. Grieco and others. ARTICL~ 39 B. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds Twenty-six Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($26,400.00) to extend the sewer system on Milk Street from Johnson Street to Chestnut Street. Petition of Daniel J. Grieco and others. ARTIC[.I~. 39 C. To see if the Town will vote to raise an~l appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds Eighteen Thousand Dollars ($18,000.00) to 32 extend the sewer system on Johnson Street from Milk Street to Sutton Hill Road. Petition of Thaddeus P. Zimny and others. ARTICLE 39 D. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds Nineteen Thousand Dollars ($19,000.00) to extend the sewer system on Sutton Street from the present terminus to Charles Steak House. Petition of Philip T. Miller and others. ARTICI.F. 39 E. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds, Twenty-three Thousand Dollars ($23,000) to extend the sewer system on Chickering Road from the present terminus southerly to Woody's Grill. Petition of Joseph A. Gaumond and others. ARTICLE 39 F. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds, Twenty-five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) to extend the sewer system on Woodstock Street from Wood Lane to Linden Avenue. Petition of Board of Public Works. ARTICLE 39 G. To see if the To~vn will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer system on Elmwood Street to the residence of Alcide D. Chenard, 13 Elmwood Street. Petition of Alcide E. Chenard and others. The cost of Article 39 G is $2,600.00. Unfavorable action recommended on Articles 39D. and 39E. ~ /v~0 0 Favorable action recommended on Articles 39-A, B, C, F and G. It is recommended that the sum of $54,700.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of extending the sewer system on the following streets: Johnson Street. Milk Street, Woodstock Street, and Elmwood Street, and that to meet this appropriation the sum of $4~00.00 be raised in the tax levy of the current year and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and is hereby author- ized to borrow from time to time a sum of up to $50,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor under authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws as amended, each issue to be paid in not more than five years from its date or at such earlier time (~s the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine. ARTICLE 39 H. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer system on Prospect Street three hundred and eighty feet from Furber Avenue toward Chadwick Street. Petition of Edwin J. McCue and others. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of $2,500.00 be raised and appropriated to be expended by the Beard of Public Works for the pur- pose of this Article subject to the assessments or better- ments charges under the conditions of Chapter 380 of the Acts of 1906, as amended, provided that on or before August 1, 1959, the construction of at least one house to use this extension shall have been started. ARTICLE 39 I. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer system on Poplar Street two hundred sixty (260) feet from Massachusetts Avenue. Petition of Mary Winters and others. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of $1,600.00 be raised and appropriated to be expended by the Board of Public Works for the pur- pose of this Article subject to the assessments or better- ments charges under the conditions of Chapter 380 of the Acts of 1906, as amended, provided that on or before August 1, 1959, the construction of at least one house to use this extension shall have been started. ARTICLE 39 J. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer systeln on Chadwick Street from the present termi- nus two hundred and seventy feet towards Osgood Street. Petition of James Curtin and others. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Sixteen Hundred Dollars ($1,600.00) be raised and appropriated to be expended by the Board of Public Works for the purpose of this Article subject to the assessments or betterments charges under the conditions of Chapter 380 of the Acts of 1906 as amended. ARTICLE 40 A. To see if the Town will vote to accept from the Meadowbrook Laundry of North Andover the sum of Ten Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty Dollars ($10,- 620.00) to be used by the Town and applied toward the cost of relocating the East Side Trunk Sewer from Sutton Street five hundred eighty (580) feet southerly. Petition of Board of Public Works. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the Town accept from the Meadowbrook Laundry' the sum of Ten Thousand, Six Hundred and Twenty Dollars (S10,620.00) to cover the cost of this sewer relocation, ARTICLE 40 B. To see if the Town will vote to accept from Leo Margolian of Boston the sum of Seventeen Thou- sand Dollars ($17,000.00) to be used by the Town and applied toward the cost of extending the sewer system on the accepted 1908 layout of Wood Lane from Woodstock Street 1,610 feet southeasterly. Petition of Board of Public Works. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the Town accept from Leo 191argolian of Boston the sum of Seventeen Thousand Dollars ($17,000.00) to cover the cost of this sewer extension. ARTICLE 41 A. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to extend the water system on Prospect Street one hundred and forty- four (144) feet from the previous terminus towards Furber Avenue. Petition of James Curtin and others. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) be raised and appropriated, to be expended by the Board of Public Works, for the purpose of this article, subject to the follow- ing conditions: That on or before August 1, 1959, the peti- tioners and/or owners make a guarantee acceptable to the Board of Public Works of six per cent of the actual cost of construction, as water rates, for a period of fourteen years~ and that on or before August l, 1959, the construction of at least one additional house to use this extension shall have been started. ARTICLE 41 B. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the 35 water system on Poplar Street two hundred forty (240) feet from Massachusetts Avenue. Petition of Mary Winters and others. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of One Thousand and Three Hundred Dollars ($1,300.00) be raised and appropriated, to be expended by the Board of Public Works, for the purpose of this article, subject to the following conditions: That on or before August 1, 1959 the petitioners and/or owners make a guar- antee acceptable to the Board of Public Works of six per cent of the actual cost of construction, as water rates, for a period of fourteen years: and that on or before August 1. 1959, the construction of at least one additional house to use this extension shall have been started, ARTICLE 41 C. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the water system on Moody Street two hundred and fifty (250) feet from Chadwick Street. Petition of Philip Clark and others. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of One Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($1.350.00) be raised and appropriated, to be ex- pended by the Board of Public Works, for the purpose of this article, subject to the following conditions: That on or before August 1, 1959, the petitioners and/or owners make a guarantee acceptable to the Board of Public Works of six per cent of the actual cost of construction, as water rates, for a period of fourteen years: and that on or before August 1, 1959, the construction of at least one additional house to use this extension shall have been started. ARTICL~ 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, a suffi- cient sum of money to install a drain on Pleasant Street starting at a point 100 feet east of the Joseph Lawlor resi- dence and extending along right side of the road to a point 876 feet east of said residence. Petition of Joseph W. Lawlor and others. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 431 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds, the sum of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) to install a surface drain at the corner -- 36 -- of Furber Avenue and Bright~vood Avenue and to extend approximately 500 feet on Brightwood Avenue. Petition of Clarence Walters and others. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town xvill raise and appro- priate the sum of Sixteen Thousand Dollars ($16,000.00) for the rebuilding of culvert on Green Street fi-om Waverly Road to the Lawrence Line. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 45. To see if the Tov~l ~vill vote to appro- priate the sum of One Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($1,200.00) for the purpose of painting the Town Infirmary, purchase of equipment, and general repairs to the Infirm- ary buildings. Petition of Board of Public Welfare. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1,200.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 46. To see if the Town ~vill vote to raise and appropriate Nine Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($950.00) to provide a suitable entrance ~vith steel doors to a storage area under the Arts and Crafts rooms of the North Andover High School. Petition of Board of Public Works. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Nine Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($950.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 47. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars $1,500.00) for the maintenance of the Disposal Site on Clark Street. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 48. To see if the Town will authorize the Recreational Council appointed by the Selectmen to lease from the ]~rooks School certain land owned by it which is 37 used as a skating rink, and to authorize the Recreational Council to promote and conduct ice skating thereon for the residents of the Town, and to apropriate the sum of Twenty- five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) therefor from available funds in the treasury, all in accordance with the provisions of Section 14, Chapter 45 of the General La,vs. Petition of Recreational Council r Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 49. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to provide the towns- people with ten (10) band concerts. Concerts to be pro- vided through the Recording Industry and Musicians Local No. 372, Lawrence, Mass. Petition of Board of Selectmen. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 50. To see if the Town ~vill vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, the sum of Twenty Thousand One Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($20,- 125.00) to be added to the budget of the School Committee ($8,125.00 to Salaries, $12,000.00 to Expenses) for the pur- pose of establishing a Public School Kindergarten operat- ing as an integral part of the North Andover Public Schools. Petition of the School Committee. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 51. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, the sum of Eight Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-seven Dollars and ~Fifty Cents ($8,497.50) for the appointment of three (3) regular patrolmen, fully qualified, who have passed the Civil Service physical and mental examinations, all in ac- cordance with Civil Service Rules and Regulations. Petition of Board of Selectmen and Alfred H. McKee, Chief of Police. Favorable action r~commended. It is recommended that the sum of Two Thousand. Eight Hundred and Thirty- two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.832.50) be raised and ap- propriated for the appointment of one additional Regular Patrolman. ARTICLE 52. ~,~'J'-~nd appropriate, To see if the Town will vote to raise or transfer from available funds, Six 38 Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00) to provide uniformed cross- ing guards at the various school crossings in the Town of North Andover. Petition of Board of Selectmen. ~?~(~0 e Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Six Thousand Dollars (,~M~M~) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. hARTICLE 53. To see if the Town will vote to raise and propriate, or take from available funds, the sum of Five ousand Dollars ($5,000.00) to be used to finance a de- iled study and report to include a land survey and en- neering report, architects fees, land acquisition and other similar expenses, said sum to be administered by the Board of Selectmen all in connection with the erection of a new fire station in the vicinity of the "Old Center". Petition of Boa~x] of Selectmen. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 54. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00), a sum to be expended by the School Buildings Committee for the purpose of engineering and land surveys of present and/or prospective School Building sites. Petition of the School Building Committee. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 55. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds, or provide by bond issue, a sum of money for the purpose of acquiring, by pur- chase, taking by eminent domain or otherwise from the owners thereof for a Town Garage and Yard site one of the parcels or groups of parcels of land described below and provide that the Board of Selectmen, be, and hereby is, authorized to act for the Town in connection with this article or take any other action in relation thereto. A. Property abutting the present Town Yard on the east, owned by Philip T. and Rosemary Miller, con- taining about 12,838 square feet and described in a deed from Chastina S. L. Gile to Philip T. and Rose- mary Miller dated December 30, 1954 and recorded with the Essex Northern District Registry of Deeds in Book 806, Page 57. 39 B. Two certain parcels of land lying between Beacon Hill Boulevard and Bay State Road being (a) Lot numbered 88 on a plan of Beacon Hill, recorded with the North Essex District Registry of Deeds as ~ Plan No. 0381 owned now or formerly by Francis ~ Cox, containing 4,600 square feet and (b) Lots hum- ,/ , bered 111 and 112 on the said Beacon Hill Plan No. ~!~~0381 owned by Vina Garneau, containing 9,200 · . ~.,~w square feet. i~ ~ Petition of Board of Selectmen. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Sixty-eight Thousand and Two Hundred Dollars ($68.200,00) be raised and appropriated to be ex- pended by the Board of Selectmen for acquiring the par. cels of land described in Subdivision B of this Article and for the construction of a Town Garage and Yard Site in an area lying between Bay State Road and Beacon Hill Road and bordering on Chickering IRoad~ and that to meet this appropriation, the sum of Eight Thousand, Two Hundred Dollars ($8,200.00) be taken from the current tax levy. and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and is hereby authorized to borrow from time to time a sum of up to Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,00~].00) and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, under authority of Chapter 44, Section 7, of the General Laws as amended, each issue to be paid in not more than six years from its date or at such earlier time as the Treasurer and Select- men may determine, and that the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is, authorized to act for the Town in connection with this Article or take any other action in relation thereto. ARTICLE 56. To see if the Town will vote to i'aise ?~ and appropriate Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000.00) to acquire the Philip T. and Rosemary Miller propel~ty adjoin- ing the Town Yard, remove the buildings therefrom and make certain improvements to the existing town sheds so as to provide needed garage space for to~vn equipment. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. ~favorable action recommended. ARTICLE 57. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a sum of money for the purpose of acquiring by purchase, taking by eminent domain, or otherwise, from the owners, for extension of the present Franklin School site, the two parcels of land de- - 40 ~ scribed below, containing a total of aproximately 2.87 acres, and provide that the Board of Selectmen be, and hereby is, authorized to act for the Town in connection with this article, or take any action in relation thereto. A PROPERTY SOUTHEAST OF THE PRESENT FRANKLIN SCHOOL SITE A lot of land now or formerly belonging to Puccio situated to the southeast of the present Franklin School site, containing approximately 2.29 acres, and being more particularly bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of the present Franklin School site at land now or formerly of Com- stock, and land now or formerly of Pucclo, thence running northeasterly along a stone wall by land now or formerly of Comstock, 25 feet to a point at land now or formerly of Harry W. Clark; thence turning and running southeasterly along land now or formerly of Harry W. Clark, 225 feet to a point; thence turning and running in a generally west- southwesterly direction through land now or for- merly of Puccio, 460 feet to a point in land now or formerly of Puccio; thence turning at an angle of 90 degrees and running in a generally north-northwest- erly direction through land now or formerly of Puc- cio, 205 feet to a point in a stone wall at the inter- section of the southeasterly side of Bevin Road and the southwesterly side of Pinedale Terrace; thence turning and running in a generally northeasterly direction along a stone wall by land now or formerly of Puccio, 465 feet to the point of beginning. All measurements being more or less, and said lot herein described containing approximately 99,750 square feet. References may be found on Plat No. 47 in the North Andover Town Assessors' Office. B PROPERTY SOUTHWEST OF THE PRESENT FRANKLIN SCHOOL SITE A lot of land now or formerly belonging to Charles and Gertrude Melamed situated to the southwest of the present Franklin School site, containing approxi- -- 41 -- mately .58 acres, and being more particularly bound- ed and described as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of the present Franklin School site at land now or formerly of Melamed, thence running in a southeasterly direc- tion across Farnham Road, 116 feet to a point where the northeasterly side of Pinedale Terrace inter- sects the southeasterly side of Farnham Road; thence turning and running along the northeasterly side of Pinedale Terrace, 514 feet to a point where the north- easterly side of Pinedale Terrace intersects the southeasterly side of Bevin Road; thence turning and running in a southwesterly direction along a stone wall on the southeast side of Bevin Road, 40 feet to a point where the southeasterly side of Bevin Road intersects the southwesterly side of Pinedale Terrace; thence turning and running in a northwesterly direc- tion along the southwesterly side of Pinedale Terrace and its extension, 600 feet to a point in land now or formerly of Melamed; thence turning and running in a northeasterly direction through land now or for- merly of Melamed, 75 feet to the point of beginning. All measurements being more or less, and said lot herein described containing approximately 25,200 square feet. All reference to said streets, terraces, and ways may be found on Plat No. 47 in the North Andover Town Assessors' Office. Petition of the School Committee and of the School Building Committee. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICI.~ 58. To see if the To~vn will vote to transfer the care, custody, management and control of the following described parcel of land, generally known as the old John- son High School site, from the Board of Selectmen to the School Committee for school purposes; such transfer being under the authority to be found within the provisions of Chapter 40, Section 15A, of the General Laws of the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts: A lot of land lying north of the intersection of Main Street and Osgood Street, containing approximately 1.46 acres, and being more particularly bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point at the intersection of the easterly side of Main Street and the westerly side of Osgood Street; thence running in a northerly direction along the westerly side of Osgood Street 46~ feet to a point at land now or formerly of Dillon; thence turning and running in a ~vesterly direction along lands now or formerly of Dillon and others 360 feet to a point on the easterly side of Main Street at land now or formerly of Randone; thence turning and running in a southerly direction along the easterly side of Main Street 420 feet to the point of beginning. Ail meas- urements being more or less, and said lot herein described containing approximately 63,750 square feet. All references to streets and ways may be found on Plat No. 58 in the North Andover Town Assessors' Office. Petition of the School Committee and the School Build- ing Committee. Unfavorable action recommended. ARTICLE 59. To see if the Town will vote to accept from the North Andover Improvement Society, a gift of all the land now owned by the Society in the area bounded by Osgood Street, Massachusetts Avenue and Andover Street, for the use and enjoyment of the people of the Town as a Public Park, or Common, but for no other purpose. Petition of Edmund F. Leland, III and others. Favorable action recommended. On Articles pertaining to Zoning. Articles 60 through 65. there will be no recommendations made prior to the Annual Meeting since the Planning Board Hearings per- taining to these Articles will not yet have taken place by the time this report goes into print. ARTICLE 60. To see if the Town will vote to amend section 9 of the North Andover Zoning By-Laws as amended and adopted by the Special Town Meeting of June 30, 1956, by striking out of that portion of the By-Law numbered section 9.1 in the last sentence of section 9.1. Further pro- vided that two of the said Board of Appeals members and one of said associate members shall be appointed from among the members of the North Andover Planning Board. Such that the amended By-Law will read as follows, sec- tion 9.1: There shall be a Board of Appeals of five members and not more than three associate members which shall have and exercise all the powers provided under the Gen- eral Laws, Chapter 40A as amended, and which shall hear and decide all matters specifically referred to the Board of Appe'als by the North Andover Zoning By-Laws and other matters referred to such Board by statute. The Board of Appeals members and associate members shall be pointed by the Selectmen in the manner provided for by statute. Petition of Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 61. To see if the To~vn will vote to amend the North Andover Zoning By-Law and Zoning Map by striking out and deleting from that section of the North Andover Zoning By-Law relating to country residence dis- tricts the section therein number 3.42 and by adding to that part of the Zoning By-Law and Zoning Map referred to as village residential districts a new section to be num- bered 3.55, said new section to be as follows: That part of North Andover Township bounded and described as follows, excepting that such portions of the within area which have previously been declared to be in a business zone shall continue to be zoned as such: 1. Northwesterly by Sutton Street center line; 2. Northeasterly by Osgood Street center line between Sutton Street and Prescott Street. 3. Southeasterly by Chickering Road center line be- tween Prescott Street and former Salem Railroad at Chickering Road. 4. Southwesterly by a line parallel to and 200 feet northeasterly from the location line of the former Salem Railroad right of way between Chickering Road and Prescott Street. 5. Northerly by Prescott Street center line to center line of Chickering Road. 6. Westerly by High Street. Petition of North Andover Planning Board, James M. Bannan, Chairman. ARTICLE 62. To see if the Town ~vill vote to amend the North Andover Zoning By-Law by striking out Section 4.5 through 4.55 inclusive and substituting therefor the following: 4.5 MOTELS Motels shall be permitted in any zoning district but only in accordance with the standards set forth be- low and only after a public hearing by the Board of Appeals with due notice given on application for a motel building permit or for a building permit for a 44 motel expansion or alteration costing more than $500 and only after site plan review and approval by the Board of Appeals endorsed in writing on the site plan with or without any conditions. 4.51' Each application for a permit to build a motel or to alter or add to a motel at a cost of $500 or more shall be in writing and shall include a diagram and a statement of the ownership, area, dimensions, boundaries and principal elevations of the land for which such permit is sought, the names of all joining owners as found i.n the most recent tax list, the locations of existing public, or private ways nearest such land, and a plan, profile and cross- sections of all driveways and parking areas pro- posed, also the true location and ground coverage outline and dimensions of every building or struc- tures proposed to be erected thereon. One copy of ' each such application and plot plan diagram and statement shall be kept on file in the office of the Building Inspector. 4.52 .One copy of each such application and diagram and statement above required shall be filed with the Board of Appeals with a letter requesting the said Board to review the site plan attached and to hold a public hearing therein. Notice of such public hearing shall be given by the Board of Appeals by publication at the expense of the ap- plicant in a newspaper of general circulation in North Andover and the first appearance of such published notice shall be twelve days (12) at least before the date set for such hearing. 4.53 A permit to build a motel or to alter or add to a motel at a cost of $500.00 or more shall not be issued by the Building Inspector until he has re- ceived from the Board of Appeals a written state- ment of final approval by the Board of Appeals of the site plan for such motel or addition or alter- ation, and such statement by the Board of Appeals shall include a recital of the date on which the Board of Appeals held the public hearing above required, and a recital of the findings of the Board of Appeals after such hearing, including any con- ditions imposed by the said Board as part of its final approval, and the Building Inspector shall enforce the fulfillment of such conditions. 4.54 In reviewing each such application, the Board of ~45~ Appeals shall study the motel site plan proposed relative to the health, safety and welfare of the prospective occupants, also the occupants of neigh- boring properties, and users of the adjoining high- way, and the welfare of the town generally, includ- ing amenity and pleasantness of site plans. In addition to compliance with all of the Land Space and Building Space Requirements set forth below, the Board shall look for: (a) Traffic safety and ease of access at street and highway entrances and exits of motel drive- ways, taking account of grades, sight distances and distanee between such driveway entrances, or exits and the nearest existing or highway intersections. (b) Safety and adequacy of motel driveway layout, also of parking and loading areas for motel patrons, and sufficiency of access for service vehicles such as electricity, gas, fuel, telephone, laundry, rubbish removal, water, sewer, fire, police, ambulance or other routine or emergency vehicles. (c) Safe and adequate means of sewage, of garbage, and rubbish disposal; of water-supply and fire- fighting while awaiting the Fire Department; of heating and ventilating; also of cooking ff cook- ing facilities be furnished. (d) Assurance of positive storm-water drainage and snowmelt run-off from all driveways and parking and loading areas. Landscaping and building layout such as shall protect proposed motel bedroom windows from constant night in- vasion by automobile headlight beams or glare from illuminated signs or driveway lights. (e) Sound-proofing between sleeping rooms; win- dows not looking directly from room to room; and lobby or office space for registration, room keys, and safe-keeping of valuables; also lounge for waiting or writing by patrons. 4.55 Motel lot size, land coverage, yard space and build- design regulations: (a) The lot for any motel shall contain not less than three (3) acres total land al~a excluding any water bodies of one-haft (½) acres water ser- 46 vice area or more, provided such lot be not less than three hundred (300) feet wide at the frontage street and throughout the first two hundred (200) feet of depth of such lot, measur- ing from the frontage street lot line. (b) No part of any building on a motel lot shall be closer than fifty (50) feet to the front lot line, rear lot line or either side line of such lot. A green yard space not less than twenty (20) feet wide, measured at a right angle to each of afore- said lot lines, shall be maintained open and green with grass, bushes, flowers and trees all along each side lot line or rear lot line of such a lot, and (except for entrance and exit drive- ways) along the entire front line of such lot, and such yard space shall not be built on nor paved and not used for automobile parking. (c) There shall be one (bituminous) concrete off- street and off main driveway paved automobile parking space, open or roofed, directly adjoining each motel rental unit. (d) Building on a motel lot shall not cover more than twenty-five (25%) per cent of the land area of such lot excluding any water bodies as above specified. Not less than seventy-five (75%) per cent of the land area of such lot shall re- main open and un-built on but such open space may be used for automobile off-street parking, driveways, sidewalks and motel service yards, except that such use shall not be permitted in any part of the twenty (20) foot wide green perimeter strip above specified. (e) There shall not be erected more than twenty (20) motel rental units per acre of motel lot land area, excluding any water bodies as above specified. (f) Each motel rental unit shall be not less than two hundred fifty (250) square feet habitable floor area enclosed by walls and roof, exclusive of any adjoining portions of roofed or covered walkways. Each motel rental sleeping room shall not be less than fifteen (15) by fifteen (15) feet horizontal dimensions, exclusive of bath or kitchenette. Each such room shall have a private bath attached. 47 (g) Each motel structure shall contain not less than six (6) nor more than twelve (12) individual motel rental units, unless each section of twelve (12) such units be separated by an unbroken firewall from any further additional such units. Each motel structure shall be of fire- proof construction. Each such structure may be connected with other similar structures by a covered walkway if of fire resistive materials. Whether or not so connected, the nearest parts of the walls or corners of such structures shall be separated by a land space otherwise open and un-built on of not less than thirty (30) feet, and in which, within the area bounded by the intersecting projections of the side lines of adjacent buildings, there shah be no auto- mobile parking or loading. (h) Buildings on motel lots shall be one-story and not more than twenty-five (25) feet in height, not- withstanding any building-height provisions in the zoning district in which such buildings are situated, except that not more than two apart- ments for owner or resident manager or other resident staff may be on a second story not to exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height. (i) On each motel lot there shall be provided at least one apartment for a resident owner or manager or other responsible staff person. Each such apartment shall be not less than eight hundred (800) square feet floor area. Such apartment may include the rental office of the motel, and a lounge or other public rooms for the use of motel patrons. Such apartment may be on a second floor as provided in (h) above, but only if over a lounge or office or other public rooms or storage or supply rooms of the motel. No second story premises shall be located over any motel rental unit. Or take any other action relative thereto. Petition of North Andover Planning Board, James M. Barman, Chairman. ARTICLE 63. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 4.44 of the Zoning By-Law by striking out there- from the words "a motel" so the same shall then read: On petition, subject to site plan review and ap- -- 48 -- proval by the Board of Appeals after a public hearing thereon with due notice given, an automobile service and filling station, a diner, a restaurant, a retail food store, but no other retail stores of any kind. Petition of t~oard of Appeals, Daniel T. O'Leary, Chairman. ARTICLE 64. To see if the Town of North Andover wil] vote to amend the Zoning By-Laws by changing from Village Residential, Section 3.51 of the Zoning By-Laws to Business, Section 4.3, the following parcel of land bounded and described as follows: Easterly by the ~vesterly line of Chickering Road two hundred sixty-eight and 08/100 (268.08) feet. Southeasterly by Trenton Street twenty-five and 88/100 (25.88) feet; Southwesterly by land now or formerly of Nora C. Fitzgibbons et al two hundred five and 20/100 (205.20) feet; and Northwesterly by land now or for- merly of Village Land Co. two hundred thirty-seven (237) feet. All of said boundaries are determined by the Court to be located as shown on Plan No. 25601A, which is filed with Original Certificate of Title No. 4373, book 29, page 493, the sa~me being compiled from a plan drawn by Charles E. Cyr, Civil Engineer, date January 1955, and additional date on file in the land registration Office, all as modified and approved by the court and being shown as lot 2 thereon. So much of the above described land as is included within the limits of said Trenton Street is subject to the rights of all persons lawfully entitled thereto in and over the same. Petition of John J. McGuire and others. ARTICLE 65. To see if the Town of North Andover ~vill vote tO approve this proposed amendment to the Zon- ing By-Lave to permit the change in classification of a parcel of land owned by J. Elaine Griffin, from Rural Resi- dential to Country Residential. The land in question is bounded easterly by Osgood Street; southerly by Prescott Street; and westerly by Chickering Road. Petition of Joseph Montgomery and others. ARTICI.~ 66. To see if the Town will vote to trans- fer the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) from the Overlay Surplus to the Reserve Fund. Petition of Board of Selectmen. -- 49 -- Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($100000.00) be transferred from the Overlay Surplus to the Reserve Fund. ARTICLE 67. To see if the Town will appropriate from available funds, the sum of Eleven Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-eight Dollars and Sixty-seven cents ($11~- 228.67) being the amount of water department receipts in excess of water department operating expenses including bonds and interest for 1958 to a Stabilization Fund as pro- vided for by Chapter 124 of the Acts of 1945 with the understanding that it is to be used by the Town for capital improvements in the water works system under the pro- visions of the above act. Petition of the Board of Public Works. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of ($ - ) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article, ARTICLE 68. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate, or transfer from available funds, a sum of money to be added to the Stabilization Fund, authorized under Chap- ter 124, Acts of 1945, and established under Article 36 of the Warrant by the vote of the Annual To~vn Meeting held March 16, 1946. Petition of the School Building Committee. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of ($ ) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of this Article. ARTICLE 69. To see if the Town ~vill vote to take the sum of ..................... from available funds to reduce the 1959 tax rate. Petition of Board of Assessors. Favorable action recommended. It is recommended that the sum of ($ ) be taken from Available Funds for the purpose of this Article. And you are directed to serve this ~varrant by posting true and attested copies thereof, at the Town Building, and at five or more public places in each voting precinct. Said copies to be posted not more than fifteen days nor less than ten days before the time of holding said meeting. 50 Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands at North Andover, Massachu- setts, the twenty-first day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine. A true copy, ATTEST: RALPH E. FINCK, Chairman WILLIAM A. FINNERAN PHILIP SUTCLIFFE Board of Selectmen .......................... Constable North Andover, Massachusetts ............. 1959. 51 > / ,3:'